If you want to write confidently and assuredly about the Romanovs, it helps to be proficient in Russian.  Seriously.  The primary sourc...

I am clapping my hands in approbation of Greg King and Penny Wilson's masterful study Twilight of Empire (St. Martin's Press: ...

On January 9, 1938 in Athens,  Crown Prince Paul of the Hellenes married Princess Friederike of Hanover. Here is a selection of memoirs an...

This will be a great resource.  James Pope-Hennessy's Queen Mary is (to quote a friend) the "gold standard for royal biographi...

 On 1 February, Booksellers van Hoogstraten will close down the shop on Noordeinde, The Hague after more than 136 years. However, we will ...

In the spring of 1893, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine and his youngest sister, Princess Alix, traveled to Italy for three...

Going to say it right now ... The Wandering Princess by Edward Hanson is the best royal book of the year.    This is the first biography...