Why was Catherine, the Empress of Russia, called “The Great”? Does Hulu get It?
Hulu’s miniseries The Great is a lot of fun, but the true story is much more compelling.
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The Great Depression and the Optimism of Shirley Temple
Could any child star today be as big as Shirley Temple? You will be amazed to discover the breadth of this little girl’s influence.
She Wolves and Witches: What Happens to Women Who Try to Rule (Medieval Edition)
Effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine. ElanorGamgee, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Most of us know about Queen Elizabeth I, and many of us know that her sister, Mary, ruled before she did, and maybe a good number of you know that Lady Jane Grey also briefly took the throne of England just before …
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“Dutch Girl”: Audrey Hepburn and the Nazi Resistance
Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II I have to tell you, I have not read a book having anything to do with Nazis or even World War 2 in a very long time. I think the last thing might have been a book I read about the Mitford sisters, one of whom …
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Why Women Wrote in the Canadian Wilderness: FREE reads from Colonial Canada
What was colonial Canada like for the first settlers?