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New Quartz Article: The history of British royalty proves raising a kid is always a group effort
Princess Charlotte, the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Duke of Cambridge in Victoria, British Columbia (Photo Credit: The...
Carolyn Harris
May 12, 20171 min read
Dundurn Press Interview: A Q&A with Carolyn Harris, author of Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting
From the interview with Dundurn Press: “I wanted to examine whether royalty through the centuries had followed the parenting advice of...
Carolyn Harris
May 5, 20171 min read
CBC News Interview: ‘Protector of the Royal Family’: How Prince Philip helped modernize the monarchy
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on the Balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations My...
Carolyn Harris
May 5, 20171 min read
Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting, now available in the USA and UK
Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting is all about how royal parents dealt with raising their children over the past thousand...
Carolyn Harris
May 3, 20171 min read
HELLO! Canada Magazine review of Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting
Click here to see the review in HELLO! Canada Magazine
Carolyn Harris
Apr 25, 20171 min read
Win a copy of my new book Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting at Goodreads
Click here for a chance to win Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting
Carolyn Harris
Apr 22, 20171 min read
49th Shelf Article: Raising Royalty: The Canadian History
Click here to read Raising Royalty: The Canadian History at the 49th Shelf Click here to purchase Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal...
Carolyn Harris
Apr 20, 20171 min read
Smithsonian Russian Revolution Series: April 1917: The Provisional Government
Prince Georgy Lvov, 1st Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government in 1917 The April 1917 article in my monthly Smithsonian...
Carolyn Harris
Apr 13, 20171 min read
CBC Books Interview: 6 Must Reads for the Royal Obsessed
Click here to read “6 must-reads for the royal obsessed from expert and author Carolyn Harris” at CBC Books
Carolyn Harris
Apr 10, 20171 min read
Review of Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe in the Canadian Journal of History
Click here to read the review in the Canadian Journal of History
Carolyn Harris
Apr 7, 20171 min read
Open History Interview: Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting
Click here to read “Open History – Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting” Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting is...
Carolyn Harris
Mar 30, 20171 min read
Ben McNally Books/Globe & Mail Books and Brunch on April 9
Click here to pre-order my book, Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting
Carolyn Harris
Mar 18, 20171 min read
Smithsonian Russian Revolution Series: The Abdication of Czar Nicholas II
Czar Nicholas II under guard after his abdication in 1917 The March article in my monthly series for Smithsonian Magazine about the...
Carolyn Harris
Mar 13, 20171 min read
Book Launch: Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting
All are welcome to attend the Toronto book launch at Ben McNally books on April 18 at 6pm. Light refreshments will be provided!
Carolyn Harris
Mar 6, 20171 min read
Smithsonian Russian Revolution Series: Russia’s February Revolution Was Led by Women on the March
Skobelev Square during the February Revolution by Aleksandr Gerasimov, 1917 My latest article in my monthly Russian Revolution series in...
Carolyn Harris
Feb 18, 20171 min read
Peter the Great and the Building of Saint Petersburg begins at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies on March 14, 2017
Peter the Great in 1698 In March, April and May 2017, I will be teaching one of my most popular courses at the University of Toronto...
Carolyn Harris
Feb 13, 20171 min read
Today Interview: Queen Elizabeth makes history with 65 years on the throne
Coronation portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. June 2, 1953 February 6, 2017 is Queen Elizabeth...
Carolyn Harris
Feb 6, 20171 min read
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Quartz Article: The hit Netflix series “The Crown” [and Victoria on PBS] expose all our 21st-century anxieties about powerful women
Claire Foy and Matt Smith as the Queen and Prince Philip in the Netflix series, The Crown My article in Quartz discusses how women in...
Carolyn Harris
Jan 29, 20171 min read
Advance Reader Reviews of Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting
Here are excerpts from some of the reader reviews: “Raising Royalty is a comprehensive study of how…Kings and Queens have raised their...
Carolyn Harris
Jan 27, 20172 min read
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