Today is the 1313th anniversary of the deaths of Empress Wei of the Chinese Tang dynasty and her daughter Princess Anle. I find Chinese history fascinating but have not unfortunately included it on this blog as much as I would have liked. I therefore thought today would be a wonderful day to do a post… Continue reading THE EMPRESSES OF CHINA // Part 1
Month: July 2023
NAPOLEON 2023 // Trailer Review
So I have always been particularly fascinated by Empress Josephine (you might have been able to tell from one of my dear Hollywood posts see here) and I find her relationship with Napoleon to be a fascinatingly complex one (see here). The thing is I'm not necessarily a huge fan of Napoleon per se but… Continue reading NAPOLEON 2023 // Trailer Review
THE LADY OF ARAGON
In a previous post about Queens of Castile, I mentioned I would be doing an accompanying post about a few of the Queens and Princesses of Aragon. As I mentioned in that previous post, one of the things I loved about the Iberian monarchies is the role of women. This idea of the Queen-Lieutenant although… Continue reading THE LADY OF ARAGON
The Monstrous Regiment of Women 