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Friday Royal Read: The Queen at the Council Fire by Nathan Tidridge
In The Queen at the Council Fire, Nathan Tidridge, an educator and author of Canada’s Constitutional Monarchy: An Introduction to Our...

Carolyn Harris
Aug 14, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Exchange of Princesses by Chantal Thomas (Historical Fiction)
The princesses sent to these remote places also complained about their fate. In 1514, Isabella of Austria wrote to one of her sisters,...

Carolyn Harris
Aug 6, 20152 min read
Magna Carta book signings and talks in Winnipeg August 14-16 2015
Here’s my schedule: Friday August 14 2015 7:00 pm: Speaking and Signing at McNally Robinson bookstore Saturday August 15 2015 2:00pm:...

Carolyn Harris
Aug 5, 20151 min read
Magna Carta And Its Gifts to Canada on Globe and Mail Bestseller List
Click here to see The Canadian Non-Fiction Globe and Mail Bestseller List Click here to purchase a copy of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to...

Carolyn Harris
Aug 1, 20151 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Rival Queens by Nancy Goldstone
The Rival Queens begins powerfully with the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre of 1572, the event that defined the lives and reputations of...

Carolyn Harris
Jul 31, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: Lady Katherine Knollys: The Unacknowledged Daughter of Henry VIII by Sarah-Beth Watkins
Katherine’s eventful life, shaped by the key political, religious and social changes of the 16th century has plenty of material for a...

Carolyn Harris
Jul 24, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: Katharine of Aragon by Patrick Williams
The lives of Henry VIII’s other 3 wives, however, were shaped directly by events in the rest of Europe as well as England. Anne Boleyn...

Carolyn Harris
Jul 16, 20153 min read


Ben Franklin’s World Podcast Interview: Magna Carta and Its Gifts to North America
Click here to listen to Magna Carta and Its Gifts to North America at Ben Franklin’s World For more on Magna Carta, see my book, Magna...

Carolyn Harris
Jul 14, 20151 min read
Friday Royal Read: Your Country, My Country: A Unified History of the United States and Canada
These acts were were not well received in the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States as the Royal Proclamation designated land...

Carolyn Harris
Jul 13, 20153 min read
Friday Royal Read: Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I by Charles Spencer
The case of Charles I was different from all of these previous kings and queens. The responsibility for Charles I’s fate was not the will...

Carolyn Harris
Jul 4, 20152 min read
My 2nd book “Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette” will be available November 5, 2015
Though separated by over a century, Queens Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette bear striking similarities as historical figures: both...

Carolyn Harris
Jun 30, 20151 min read
Book Excerpt in the Ottawa Citizen: Magna Carta and Women’s Rights
Click here to read “Magna Carta and Women’s Rights” in the Ottawa Citizen My writing on Magna Carta is also quoted in this Ottawa Citizen...

Carolyn Harris
Jun 13, 20151 min read
Ottawa Book Signings on June 12
9:30am-11am The boutique at the Canadian Museum of History 12-2pm Chapters Rideau 2:30pm-5pm The boutique at the Canadian Museum of History

Carolyn Harris
Jun 7, 20151 min read
Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada: Now Available in the USA and UK
Click here to order Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada: Democracy, Law, and Human Rights from Amazon.com Click here to order Magna Carta...

Carolyn Harris
May 27, 20151 min read
My article “Magna Carta: From Medieval England to Canada Today” at 49th Shelf
Click here to read Magna Carta: From Medieval England to Canada Today at 49th Shelf

Carolyn Harris
May 8, 20151 min read
Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada is now available in Canada!
Click here for more about the book and to order directly from Dundurn Press. Click here to order Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada from...

Carolyn Harris
May 1, 20151 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Children of Henry VIII by John Guy
Guy provides fresh insights about the intimate world of the Tudor dynasty from Henry VIII’s marriage to his first wife, Catherine of...

Carolyn Harris
Apr 3, 20153 min read


A Sample Chapter of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada is Now Available Online
A sample chapter from the book is now available online. Click here to read Part 1: The History of Kings, Barons and the Commons. In...

Carolyn Harris
Apr 2, 20151 min read
Friday Royal Read: Princes at War: The Bitter Battle Inside Britain’s Royal Family in the Darkest Days of WWII by Deborah Cadbury
Cadbury’s history of the royal family at war reads like a novel, emphasizing the uncertainty of the early years of the hostilities when...

Carolyn Harris
Mar 27, 20153 min read
Friday Royal Read: Edward II: The Unconventional King by Kathryn Warner
In the 20th century, popular perceptions of Richard III and Edward II diverged. The founding of the Richard III society in 1924 began the...

Carolyn Harris
Mar 19, 20152 min read
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