The Weekend Bookshelf: The Tudor Brandons, Ivan’s War and Water for Elephants
When Michael Hirst wrote the screenplay for the Showtimes series, The Tudors, he was fascinated by King Henry VIII’s lifelong friend and...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 21, 20161 min read
The Weekend Bookshelf: Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, The Luminaries and How to Be a Victorian
Licence, author of Anne Neville: Richard III’s Tragic Queen and Elizabeth of York: The Forgotten Tudor Queen examines the marriage...
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Carolyn Harris
Jul 6, 20161 min read
My review of Tatiana Romanov, Daughter of the Last Tsar in Canadian Slavonic Papers
Grand Duchess Tatiana, the second of the four daughters of Czar Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra, was murdered alongside her...
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Carolyn Harris
Jun 29, 20161 min read
Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe review in the Royal Studies Journal
“In an eminently readable and accessible book, Harris, through the use of a variety of printed and manuscript sources, paints a detailed...
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Carolyn Harris
Jun 15, 20161 min read
Queen’s Alumni Review Article: Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: From PhD dissertation to award-winning book
Click here to read “From PhD dissertation to award-winning book” in the Queen’s Alumni Review. Click here to purchase Queenship and...
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Carolyn Harris
May 5, 20161 min read
The cover of my forthcoming book “Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting”
The cover of Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting features Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s painting of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert...
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Carolyn Harris
Apr 9, 20161 min read
Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe receives 2016 Royal Studies Journal book award
Click here to purchase Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette
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Carolyn Harris
Apr 4, 20161 min read
Upcoming Guest Lecture: Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada at Innis College, University of Toronto, April 27 at 9:45am
Click here for more information about the lecture and ticket prices.
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 24, 20162 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore
The most famous figures from the Romanov dynasty, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Nicholas II are well known and have been the...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 17, 20163 min read
Friday Royal Read: On The Trail of the Yorks by Kristie Dean
The Wars of the Roses resulted in unexpected travels for royalty who were forced to flee abroad or into places of religious sanctuary...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 10, 20162 min read
BBC News Interview: When the Duke of Windsor met Adolf Hitler
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor meeting with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in 1937 A collection of 60 photographs of the Duke and...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 26, 20162 min read
Friday Royal Read: Agincourt by Anne Curry
The Battle of Agincourt took place in 1415, in the midst of a time of transition in English history and literature. King Henry V, the...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 20, 20161 min read
Review of Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe on the History of Royal Women blog
“It’s a very interesting read and Carolyn Harris knows her stuff. Don’t be too frightened by the ‘academic’ air about it, it’s still...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 19, 20161 min read
My Tedx Talk on Women and Magna Carta
Here is my Tedx Talk on Women and Magna Carta: For more on Magna Carta and the impact of the famous charter on women, see my book Magna...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 8, 20163 min read
Friday Royal Read: Tatiana Romanov: Daughter of the Last Tsar: Diaries and Letters 1913-1918
Of the four Grand Duchesses, Tatiana achieved the most success in her war work and became a well known public figure in her own right. In...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 22, 20151 min read
My review of The Romanov Sisters in the Royal Studies Journal
Click here to read the review in The Royal Studies Journal, Volume 2, Number 2, 2015.
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 27, 20151 min read
Edmonton Journal Interview: Be sure to read Carolyn Harris’ Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada before viewing the document itself
Click here to read Michael Hingston: Be sure to read Carolyn Harris’ Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada before viewing the...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 22, 20151 min read
My radio interview with Alberta Morning News about Magna Carta
The interview is available in the Newstalk 770 AM audio vault – November 22, 7am (The interview begins around 7:05am)
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 19, 20151 min read
My Magna Carta Interview in Beyond The Hill
Click here to read Magna Carta Tours Canada: 800 Years and Its Place in History in Beyond the Hill Click here to purchase my book Magna...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 17, 20151 min read
Magna Carta lecture and book signing in Edmonton on November 26 and 27
On November 27, I will be signing copies of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada: Democracy, Law, and Human Rights at Audrey’s Books from...
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