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[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

LOL I thought about that too but realized I don't have any books on Hatshepsut and figured it might be a good starter anyways ;)

[Elaine]

Me neither, I think I just learned about her through the computer game "Civilization IV" and a project I did back a few years ago on Egyptian Queens.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Jennifer wrote: "Lyn M wrote: "Wow, Jennifer, you certainly had a great book day. Where did you get them all? I have the three Posie Graeme-Evans and some of the SK Penmans. What a lucky girl you are. BTW - I o..."

Hey, if they have books like that, it is worth supporting them all by yourself.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

LOL I agree! He's the greatest book dealer too... gives me free books sometimes and always lets me know when new books come in that he thinks I'd like

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

OOOH, I love those kind.

[[deleted user]]

Hi everyone...
Been a while since I've been here again.
Made some notes on books I really want to read...
Luckily my library has some great Royal History books, which is strange cause they dont really have a great stock overall... :)

I'm going to try The White Queen and see if its any good... The last book I read by Gregory wasnt too interesting, so any reviews any of you want to give about The White Queen, go ahead.

I'm trying to find Marie Antoinette...

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Welcome back Niecole - I hope you find Marie Antoinette, the first two chapters are a little rough, but it is a great book after that.

Also, we are in the process of nominating for our July/August read, the poll to vote goes up this weekend, so you still have a few days to make a nomination if you wish.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Found another one yesterday that excited me...
The Book of Eleanor: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Pamela Kaufman. It was $0.50 at the local library... love those finds :)

Welcome back Niecole!

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

I should give you a list. You seem to be much better at finding them than I am!

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

LOL You should! I have two secondhand bookstores I frequent regularly, the library once in a while and a few discount stores that I go searching in. And of course, yard sales, etc. I won't lie though, if it's a book I've been looking for too, you'll have to wait until I find the second copy ;)

[Aly]

I found a book today that I've been wanting to read. It's Notorious Royal Marriages by Leslie Carroll. I've read her other book, Royal Affairs, and it was very funny. Not a lot of in depth detail in it, but it does give overviews from Eleanor of Aquitaine to the current prince, Charles and his two marriages. And yes, Henry VIII is in it (of course!!).

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Aly - If it didn't have Henry VIII you would have to wonder about the word Notorious in the title, huh. I'm anxious to see what you think of it.

[[deleted user]]

Jennifer, you make me so jelous with all your great bookstores around you :)

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Niecole wrote: "Jennifer, you make me so jelous with all your great bookstores around you :)"

Sometimes I think there's too many of them... other times, not enough ;)

[[deleted user]]

Ah well I've got a only 2 in my home town, one good one in the town I work in, and 2 second hand stores in the town close by...
All the other regular booksalers are really expensive...

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Do you ever do any ordering online?
We should all start a bookswap. Give a list of our top 5 books-to-find and have each other try to find copies to be mailed out. Thoughts?

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

I think that is a great idea, Jennifer. We can call it our Traveling Library or something like that.

[[deleted user]]

Ooh I like that idea!
I dont really do things online, simply because I'm to affraid hehe, and I'm not as tech savvy as most.

[[deleted user]]

I'm currently reading Edward and Alexandra: Their Private and Public Lives that I took out at the library. I'm enjoying it so far... after this I'd also like to read more about Queen Victoria... any recommendation that you could give me?

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

I own a two non-fiction about Victoria but haven't read them yet (seems to be the story of my life...)

Her Little Majesty: The Life of Queen Victoria by Carolly Erickson
Victoria's Daughters Jerrold M. Packard

Also, I know that Jean Plaidy has written a series on her.

[[deleted user]]

Cool thanks Jennifer! I'll go see if my library has any on her.

I know that my brother did a assignmet about her when he was at school, but that was about 15 years ago...

I read somewhere that she had an illness where she would bleed? Cant remember what it was called

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

I sadly know nothing about her. I'm looking forward to finding out more though :)

[[deleted user]]

Oooh so am I.
The little I have read about her she sounds not so great. In the book I'm reading now it says that she wrote in her journal, and told some people that she only enjoyed her children when they were between the ages of 3 and ten. When they were babies she couldnt stand the sight of them and would never considder breasfeeding. And once Victoria and Bertie, her eldest children were over 10, she didnt find them interesting anymore. How sad is that?
Oh and her husband, Prince Albert, was a hypocondriac... and he didnt like his first born son Bertie (Albert Edward) much at all

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Wow... that's awful! Now I really want to read the one I have about her daughers. I wonder if it will have anything about that in it?

[[deleted user]]

Dont know, but if you read it and its good please tell me? :)
I know that when her eldest daughter Vicky got married that she wrote to her constantly, they were like "pen pals". I also think I read somewhere that her youngest daugter Beatrice became like her companion in later years...

In the book I'm reading I also get the feeling she didnt like Bertie much, at one point they say she wrote in her journal that she wished Alfie (the second son) was born the first boy... I think thats a bit harsh! But Bertie went on to become King Edward VII

[Carla]

Niecole wrote: "Cool thanks Jennifer! I'll go see if my library has any on her.


I read somewhere that she had an illness where she would bleed? Cant remember what it was called "

Haemophilia. Queen Victoria didn't have the illness herself, she was a carrier and passed it on to her son Leopold. Some of her daughters were also carriers and passed it on to their sons (famously Tsarevitch Alexei).

It's caused by a fault in one of the genes on the X chromosome. Girls have two copies of the X chromosome, so if they have one faulty gene and one normal gene they don't show any symptoms but can pass the faulty gene to their children. Boys have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, so if they inherit the faulty gene from their mother they have haemophilia.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Clara :)
Do you know anything more about her?

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

This a great discussion. I am really enjoying reading about what you all know about Victoria. I haven't read much about her, either, but you are definitely sparking my interest. The book about her daughters especially looks interesting. If you get to it, I will be anxious to know what you think of it, Jennifer.

[[deleted user]]

Hi Lyn M, I'm glad your enjoying this, so am I. I'd also love to know what Jennifer thinks of the book when she has read it.

The books we have on the Royal Families are very limited at my library, not even to speak of at the bookstores, expect maybe at the really expensive ones.
If any of you have good authers to recommend, let me know.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

I will let everyone know what I think if it but I'm sure it will be some time before I get to it. Way too many books on the go!

[[deleted user]]

I know the feeling Jennifer

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Ya Jennifer, we all know how bad I am at that! I'm right there with you.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I read Elizabeth Longford's Queen Victoria (also published as Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed) some years ago, and thought it good.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Susanna.
I do really want to know more about her, she seems to have been a force to be reckoned with

[Kate.]

My latest splurges

The Last Queen
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Cleopatra's Daughter
A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors

More historical than royal -

The Falcons of Montabard (medieval)
Mistress of Rome

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Fantastic finds!

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Kate - Welcome back Kate! I've missed seeing you on here. Glad to see you back. You have some great finds there. Several that I have but haven't read yet.

[Kate.]

You guys are just the best.

At least my passion for buying hasnt gone away.

[Lennie]

I was at a library book sale and boughtThe Royal House of Monaco. I've never read any books before about this royal family and although they might not be as high-profile as their British counterpart, I feel they're interesting enough to learn more about.

[Kate.]

I agree Lennie , for a modern day royal family they have had their fair share of scandals like the Princess Grace and then her death, their children’s disastrous marriages , the casino's and so on. They were influential in their time.
I would really like to read about Princess Grace.

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Lennie, that looks like a great one! You'll have to let us know what you think. I also don't know much about them but would love to learn more. Princess Grace was so gorgeous ~ classic beauty!

[Lennie]

I agree, I think she was beautiful and glamorous and it seemed like everyone loved her. In this regard, she reminds me of Princess Diana.

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

I agree, Lennie, Diana was very Grace Kelly like. I would love to know what you think about this book!

[Jennifer, Group Founder/Mod #1]

Lennie wrote: "I agree, I think she was beautiful and glamorous and it seemed like everyone loved her. In this regard, she reminds me of Princess Diana."

Yes! That's exactly the thought I had when I wrote my last post about classic beauty :)

[Lennie]

Right now I'm almost half-way through the book but so far it's good. It was published in 1998 so the information is a bit dated. In the book, Prince Rainer is very much alive and still rules over Monaco. Of course we now know that he died in 2005 and that his son Albert took over as the reigning Prince of Monaco. (Albert made headlines recently when he got engaged.) Despite this, it's a pretty good read if you want to learn more about Princess Grace and the rest of the royal family.
At one point in the book, it mentions that Queen Elizabeth never attended any of their functions because she felt that the royal family in Monaco was not her "equal". I had to chuckle when I read that because it would be so like her to think that!
I have to warn you though, this book is poorly edited and I didn't realize it until I came across a lot of words that were not spelled correctly.

[[deleted user]]

I have the ebooks for the following:

The Boleyn Inheritance
The White Queen
The Other Queen

And from the library I got:

The Lady in the Tower

[Kelly A.]

Some books I have recently bought:
The Children of Henry VIII
The Life of Elizabeth I
The Courts of Love
Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge
The Secret Bride: In The Court of Henry VIII
The Other Boleyn Girl

[[deleted user]]

Oooh I've heard of the Sex with Kings book, tell me how it goes, it sounds very interesting

I am getting my copy of The Other Boleyn Girl tomorrow!!!!!

[Lyn (Readinghearts), The mod of last resort/Mod #3]

Niecole wrote: "I have the ebooks for the following:

The Boleyn Inheritance
The White Queen
The Other Queen

And from the library I got:

The Lady in the T..."</i>

I have that one, too, Niecole. Have you read the
[author:Alison Weir one with the same name? I liked it, and wanted to read this one to compare.

[[deleted user]]

No, but I've seen it, so I might have to read that one to :)

Which one did you prefer best?