Blog | Carolyn Harris

Friday Royal Read: Becoming a Romanov: Grand Duchess Elena of Russia and Her World (1807-1873) by Marina Soroka and Charles A. Rudd

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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Friday Royal Read: Elizabeth I and Her Circle by Susan Doran

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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Friday Royal Read: Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s by Virginia Nicholson

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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Friday Royal Read: The Queen at the Council Fire by Nathan Tidridge

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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Friday Royal Read: The Exchange of Princesses by Chantal Thomas (Historical Fiction)

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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Magna Carta book signings and talks in Winnipeg August 14-16 2015

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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CBC News Interview: Royal archives: What Canadian secrets might they reveal?

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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Magna Carta And Its Gifts to Canada on Globe and Mail Bestseller List

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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Friday Royal Read: The Rival Queens by Nancy Goldstone

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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Friday Royal Read: Lady Katherine Knollys: The Unacknowledged Daughter of Henry VIII by Sarah-Beth Watkins

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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Friday Royal Read: Katharine of Aragon by Patrick Williams

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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Ben Franklin’s World Podcast Interview: Magna Carta and Its Gifts to North America

Carolyn Harris

Jul 14, 20151 min read

Ben Franklin’s World Podcast Interview: Magna Carta and Its Gifts to North America

Click here to listen to Magna Carta and Its Gifts to North America at Ben Franklin’s World For more on Magna Carta, see my book, Magna...

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Canadian Geographic Magazine Interview: The Charter of the Forest

Carolyn Harris

Jul 13, 20151 min read

Canadian Geographic Magazine Interview: The Charter of the Forest

Click here to read my Interview about the Charter of the Forest with the Canadian Geographic. For more about the Charter of the Forest,...

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Friday Royal Read: Your Country, My Country: A Unified History of the United States and Canada

Carolyn Harris

Jul 13, 20153 min read

Friday Royal Read: Your Country, My Country: A Unified History of the United States and Canada

These acts were were not well received in the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States as the Royal Proclamation designated land...

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CBC News Interview: Princess Charlotte’s christening: A balance between private celebration and public show

Carolyn Harris

Jul 4, 20151 min read

CBC News Interview: Princess Charlotte’s christening: A balance between private celebration and public show

The newborn Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (photo credit: Samir Hussein/WireImage) Princess Charlotte of Cambridge’s christening will...

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Friday Royal Read: Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I by Charles Spencer

Carolyn Harris

Jul 4, 20152 min read

Friday Royal Read: Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I by Charles Spencer

The case of Charles I was different from all of these previous kings and queens. The responsibility for Charles I’s fate was not the will...

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My 2nd book “Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette” will be available November 5, 2015

Carolyn Harris

Jun 30, 20151 min read

My 2nd book “Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette” will be available November 5, 2015

Though separated by over a century, Queens Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette bear striking similarities as historical figures: both...

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Friday Royal Read: Family Politics: Domestic Life, Devastation and Survival 1900-1950

Carolyn Harris

Jun 26, 20151 min read

Friday Royal Read: Family Politics: Domestic Life, Devastation and Survival 1900-1950

Family Politics: Domestic Life, Devastation and Survival, 1900-1950 is the story of what happened to German, Russian, Turkish and Spanish...

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New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: Elizabeth Lee (Owen) Macdonald

Carolyn Harris

Jun 24, 20151 min read

New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: Elizabeth Lee (Owen) Macdonald

Click here to read my article on Elizabeth Lee (Owen) Macdonald in the Canadian Encyclopedia

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New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: Mercy Anne Coles

Carolyn Harris

Jun 23, 20151 min read

New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: Mercy Anne Coles

Mercy Coles My latest article in the Canadian Encyclopedia is about Mercy Anne Coles, a diarist and one of the key witnesses to the...

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Carolyn Harris Royal Historian

Carolyn Harris Royal Historian