alexandra spiritual perception antoinette

books:

To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette

14 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Griffin, 2004

Wonderful and a pleasure to read!
I really enjoyed this book I bought it several years ago and it was my first introduction into the life of Marie. I have read it a couple of times now and I still just enjoy it.

Josephine: A Life of the Empress

22 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Griffin, 2000

A good introduction to Josephine
This is a very well written book, and the author keeps the reader captivated as she tells the life story of Josephine, better known as Napoleon's first wife. For avid history buffs of the Napoleonic era, this book will offer scant new insights. If, however, you are only beginning to learn about the movers and shakers in imperial France, this may be a good jumping off point for you. Bear in ...

The Girl From Botany Bay

8 reviews
Carolly Erickson

Wiley, 2004

Ever wanted a reason to not become a criminal?
Terrifying story of the dangers of the sea and the horrors of life on prison ships. Thank heavens I have never committed any of the crimes (or at least been caught) that would have doomed me to the punishment of being on a ship bound for Botany Bay. Mary Broad's story of "Crime and Punishment" is a vivid description of 18th century survival under the harshest conditions. Sealed into ...

Alexandra: The Last Tsarina

33 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Griffin, 2002

Couldn't put down
Maybe because this was the first book I've read on the Romanovs, but I was fascinated with the story of Alexandra and her entire family and the time she lived in. I'd recommend this book highly.

The Last Wife of Henry VIII: A Novel

34 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Griffin, 2007

Fiction yes, but the facts are true and the storytelling wonderful!
This 2006 novel is one of those books I found almost impossible to put down and that I read in a very short time. Throughout, I kept telling myself that it just could not be true and that this was one of those historical novels that took liberties with history. I was so enchanted however, that I didn't check the facts until after the book was finished. To my surprise, it seems that most of the ...

The First Elizabeth

21 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Griffin, 1997

Hail Britainia
A great book about a Queen whose story reads more like "The Godfather" than you'd guess. Elizabeth I, thrust onto the throne while her country was still in the midst of it's centuries-long emergence from Roman rule, turned England into Great Britain through a heady mixture of guile, guts, and British steel(How's that for rhetoric?). It's a great book, as are most of Erickson's titles.

The Secret Life of Josephine: Napoleon's Bird of Paradise

11 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

(3.5) "It was a season of excess, of daring, of hardly knowing right from wrong."
Born on the French colony of Martinique, Rose Tascher leaves her island home in 1778, traveling to France to wed Alexandre de Beauharnais, a distant, cruel young man who must marry to gain the family fortune. Her own father's financial situation precarious, Rose agrees to this marriage to benefit her family, soon chafing at the rude and inconsiderate behavior of her new husband. Bearing him two ...

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette: A Novel

48 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Griffin, 2006

Uh, Yeah, I Failed History.
Seriously, the only D I ever got in Junior High School was in Social Studies. Time lines and whatnot never made any sense to me. When I was about half way through this book I put it down and looked at the back cover. "Guillotine???? Spoiler!" I screamed at my husband, "I can't believe they gave away the ending!" I wish I was joking. So it's with a little shame and much trepidation that ...

Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia

17 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Griffin, 1995

It's a good starter
Make this your first book on C.T.G., it was great. It will help you find out if she's a subject you might want to investigate further.

The Tsarina's Daughter

7 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Press, 2008

An interesting and fun little book
If you are a purist when it comes to history then I think you should pass on The Tsarina's Daughter. However, if you like an interesting story of what might have been if all the stars were aligned, then this maybe the novel for you. This is the story of Tatiana the second oldest daughter to Czar Nicholas and his wife Alexandra. The story focuses on Tatiana's life as she is growing up in the ...

Royal Panoply: Brief Lives of the English Monarchs

4 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Griffin, 2007

intriguing overview of the royals and their spouses
Starting with William the Conqueror and finishing with Elizabeth II and including every English monarch in between, Carolyn Erickson provides an intriguing overview of the royals and their spouses in a chronological fascinating sweep. Each ruler receives somewhere in the range of seven to twelve pages regardless of historical importance or length on the throne. By going chronological, the ...

Great Harry

8 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Griffin, 1997

Best biog of Henry I've read
Yes, yes, yes! Terrific book. It provides the political and sociological background to Henry's reign as a whole, not limiting itself to the marriages, in vibrant, readable style. Unusually, Erickson starts in Henry's childhood, giving portraits of his parents, Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, as well as his paternal (Lancastrian) grandmother, the dynastic powerhouse that was Margaret ...

The Medieval Vision: Essays in History and Perception

2 reviews
Carolly Erickson

Oxford University Press, USA, 1976

The Visionary Imagination, as a Touchstone of Medieval Perception
"For those intrigued with early Christian thought and exploits, the bulk of this book will be fascinating. There are surprising chapters depicting the early Christians as violent, often drunken, and sometimes clueless as to the rules of their religion." Amazon.com Reviewer Medieval Times: What was it like to live in the medieval times? Medieval people followed what was told to them by the ...

Arc of the Arrow: Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography

1 review
Carolly Erickson

Pocket, 1998

Not A Book, But A Journey
I haven't finished The Arc Of The Arrow yet, but it really has my attention. It's more of a guided journey through your psyche, letting you explore your beliefs and challenge what you think you already know. I've become happily bogged down in the section where you basically outline your life's history, treading from my earliest memory onward through dark and murky waters, finding that light does ...

Bloody Mary

22 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Griffin, 1998

A Biography that Answers Many Questions
I found this book extremely interesting and absorbing to the point where I did not want to put it down. I would recommend it to anyone who, like me, wanted to find out what the foundations were of Mary Tudor's policies and also what she was really like as a person. The detail is so great that one learns even what her voice sounded like. It is as though Mary were alive again and not a figure ...

Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Biography

4 reviews
Carolly Erickson

Robson Books Ltd, 2001

Heroic exploits, tragic figure
One has to look at the vicissitudes of life in the great tragic figures of history, Cortes, Columbus, Napoleon, etc., to find precedents in the relatively obscure life of Charles Edward Stuart, "The Great Young Pretender," Bonnie Prince Charlie. Although towards the latter part of his life he came to stoop very low, he had, as a young man, decades earlier, reached out very high unto the stars ...

HER LITTLE MAJESTY: The Life of Queen Victoria

12 reviews
Carolly Erickson

Simon & Schuster, 1997

Victoria's Secret
This book is very well written. THere are many similies and metaphors which put you back into the life of Queen Victoria. It is an educational book, yet it reads like a story. It is most definetly not like most historical non-fiction books.

Mistress Anne

14 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Griffin, 1998

Reads like a spy thriller,even better it's all true.
this book although alot longer than the brief paragraphs i've read about Anne Boleyn,doesn't give alot of new info.One interesting interpretation presented though seems to indicate that Henry the 8th may not have wanted Anne executed but more pushed aside as he had previously done with Queen Catherine. Erickson gives a strong case that the execution of Anne may have been pushed forward by Henry's ...

Lilibet: An Intimate Portrait of Elizabeth II

8 reviews
Carolly Erickson

St. Martin's Press, 2004

Completely Captures Its Subject
Initially, I was wary of reading this book. I thought it had a pretty cover and a relatively intriguing title, but didn't figure that Elizabeth II would be anyone who was fascinating enough to write about. But nonetheless, envisioning a book filled with an agonizingly boring chronicle of this seemingly "deadly dull" woman's life, I began "Lilibet." And was I ever in for a surprise! Carolly ...

search for books
alexandra, antoinette, autobiography, perception, spiritual

Impressum / about us