Friday Royal Read: The Crown and Parliament, edited by Michel Bédard and Philippe Lagassé
While the sixteen commonwealth realms agreed on the importance of gender equality, reopening the question of the royal succession...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 1, 20151 min read
My article about Prince Rupert on the cover of Canada’s History Magazine
Pick up a copy of the October-November issue of Canada’s History Magazine to read my article on Canada’s Warrior Prince. My interview...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 28, 20151 min read
Interview with the University of Regina and 10 Things You Didn’t Know about Magna Carta
Click here to read my interview with the University of Regina On November 26, I will be giving lectures on Magna Carta in Edmonton, the...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 20, 20151 min read
Magna Carta Book Signings and Lectures in Saskatoon and Regina
September 28: Saskatoon 12pm: “Magna Carta and The Making of the Modern World” lecture at the University of Saskatchewan, Room 150, MLT...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 17, 20151 min read
Toronto Public Library Talk on September 24: Peter the Great and the Building of St. Petersburg
Peter the Great in 1698 I will be giving a lecture at Deer Park Library in Toronto (40 St. Clair Avenue East) about Peter the Great of...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 11, 20151 min read
Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada Reviewed in Canadian Materials Magazine
“Secondary school and public libraries across Canada should add Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada to their collections. Librarians and...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 10, 20150 min read
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 9, 20151 min read
My Column in the Globe and Mail and Interviews about Queen Elizabeth II becoming longest reigning monarch
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne touring Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories in 1970 My column in today’s Globe and Mail, The Queen...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 6, 20151 min read
Canadian Press Interview: Queen Elizabeth to surpass Victoria for length of reign, but similarities endure
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh leaving the Royal York hotel in Toronto on a tour of Canada in 2010. On September...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 4, 20153 min read
Friday Royal Read: Becoming a Romanov: Grand Duchess Elena of Russia and Her World (1807-1873) by Marina Soroka and Charles A. Rudd
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, the wife of Catherine the Great’s youngest grandson, Michael Pavlovich, assumed in her own lifetime that...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 28, 20153 min read
Friday Royal Read: Elizabeth I and Her Circle by Susan Doran
Doran begins by reversing long standing assumptions about Elizabeth’s views of her parents, King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Henry VIII...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 20, 20153 min read
Friday Royal Read: Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s by Virginia Nicholson
In Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story Of Women In The 1950’s, Virginia Nicholson, author of Millions Like Us: Women’s Lives in the...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 14, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Queen at the Council Fire by Nathan Tidridge
In The Queen at the Council Fire, Nathan Tidridge, an educator and author of Canada’s Constitutional Monarchy: An Introduction to Our...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 6, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Exchange of Princesses by Chantal Thomas (Historical Fiction)
The princesses sent to these remote places also complained about their fate. In 1514, Isabella of Austria wrote to one of her sisters,...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 5, 20151 min read
Magna Carta book signings and talks in Winnipeg August 14-16 2015
Here’s my schedule: Friday August 14 2015 7:00 pm: Speaking and Signing at McNally Robinson bookstore Saturday August 15 2015 2:00pm:...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 3, 20151 min read
CBC News Interview: Royal archives: What Canadian secrets might they reveal?
Princess Louise in Canada My most recent interview with Janet Davison at CBC news discusses the Royal Archives and Canadian history. The...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 1, 20151 min read
Magna Carta And Its Gifts to Canada on Globe and Mail Bestseller List
Click here to see The Canadian Non-Fiction Globe and Mail Bestseller List Click here to purchase a copy of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to...
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Carolyn Harris
Jul 31, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Rival Queens by Nancy Goldstone
The Rival Queens begins powerfully with the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre of 1572, the event that defined the lives and reputations of...
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Carolyn Harris
Jul 24, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: Lady Katherine Knollys: The Unacknowledged Daughter of Henry VIII by Sarah-Beth Watkins
Katherine’s eventful life, shaped by the key political, religious and social changes of the 16th century has plenty of material for a...
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Carolyn Harris
Jul 16, 20153 min read
Friday Royal Read: Katharine of Aragon by Patrick Williams
The lives of Henry VIII’s other 3 wives, however, were shaped directly by events in the rest of Europe as well as England. Anne Boleyn...
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