“Mummy loved Andrew, and what Mummy loved, Mummy protected.”
royalty
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Fugitive Prince
“A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Prince
“The Mediterranean’s wealth and influence shined brightly on the prince, Stefano Cernetic, until the question of his identity became the eye of a storm.”
Posted inNonfiction
Queens of Infamy: Joanna of Naples
If you thought four (mostly) crappy husbands, vengeful Hungarian cousins, and the Black Death could cramp this queen’s style, think again.
Posted inHistory, Nonfiction, Quotes
This Essay is the Very Pineapple of Writing
This is the most important pineapple-themed essay you’ll read today.
Posted inReading List, Unapologetic Women
The Unknowable Diana, 20 Years On: A Reading List
Why were we personally affected by a woman few knew and even fewer ever understood?
Posted inQuotes, Unapologetic Women
Hilary Mantel’s Eulogy for the Unfinished Diana
“As Diana was a collective creation,” Mantel writes at the Guardian, “she was also a collective possession.”