‘Queen Mariana of Austria’: Diego Velázquez’s Monumental Portrait of a Monarch
The 17th-century artist’s likeness of the young Hapsburg, currently on view at the Norton Simon Museum in California, ...
Princess Leonor honored with new wax figure in Madrid: A tribute to a milestone moment
The Madrid Wax Museum honors Princess Leonor with a lifelike new wax figure, commemorating her milestone 18th birthday and ...
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An Audacious Robbery Goes Wrong In This Excerpt From YA Regency Romance Lady Knight
As a general rule, the YA genre doesn’t have nearly enough historical fiction in it, yet alone historical romance. But, and ...
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The Court of Love - Eleanor of Aquitaine - European History
Outside Paris. Eleanor got her divorce and she's on her way back to Aquitaine with a proposal of marriage to the very handsome and young Duke of Normandy, Henry II! Here Eleanor's passions will rise ...
Archaeologists unearth the remains of a Roman basilica on the site of a new London skyscraper
Archaeologists exploring the site of a planned 32-story office tower announced Thursday that they have unearthed the remains ...
The strange European micronation where the sound of stone thrown into water is the anthem
The micronation is not officially recognised by any country, but it claims over 29,000 registered citizens from around the ...