May in the Library

Although short on gilded carriages, the table will include a number of books, fictional and non-fictional, about British royalty.  Let’s face it, the last few generations have provided seemingly endless fodder for dysfunctional family dramas that far outweigh anything we hear about in other countries.  When did you last read a scandal about the Prince of Lichtenstein?  Or the King of Belgium?  Can you even name them?

The RVM library has acquired Prince Harry’s bestseller, Spare, which is available in both regular and large print.  Readers may want to place a reserve on the book, since it is circulating briskly.  Biographies of Princess Diana, Prince Charles, and Queen Elizabeth are on display.  Going a little further afield, histories of Cleopatra, Homer, the Romanov sisters and royalty from other countries may be explored.

Well known writers have written multiple fictional books about royalty, including Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir, and the acclaimed Hillary Mantel.  Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is sure to amuse, as well as Josephine Tey’s  A Daughter of Time.  Thanks to Janice Williams for helping compile the bibliography.

Below is a photo of resident Tim Miller, a prince of a guy himself, perusing the display.