Great Empresses and Queens Paper Dolls in Full Color (Empresses & Queens)

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Summary: Inappropriate Nudity
Review: I have to warn anyone buying this for a young child (and I don't know any adults who play with paper dolls) that there is quite a bit of detailed adult nudity in this book. I bought this for an 8 year old and the detail of women's private parts to be cut out and played with seems quite inappropriate to me. One of the dolls actually had the nude picture AS the outfit. She starts clothed and you dress her nude! Another "queen story" speaks of a lesbian liason the queen had. The politically correct crowd might like that but be warned for you in the other camp. This book has some beautiful costumes for some queens but the 2 nude queens and 1 lesbian story make it totally unacceptable in my book. I find many other paper dolls like Little House, Shirley Temple and Polly Pratt appropriate for the actual "paper doll" age girls.

Rating:
Summary: Inappropriate Nudity
Review: I have to warn anyone buying this for a young child (and I don't know any adults who play with paper dolls) that there is quite a bit of detailed adult nudity in this book. I bought this for an 8 year old and the detail of women's private parts to be cut out and played with seems quite inappropriate to me. One of the dolls actually had the nude picture AS the outfit. She starts clothed and you dress her nude! Another "queen story" speaks of a lesbian liason the queen had. The politically correct crowd might like that but be warned for you in the other camp. This book has some beautiful costumes for some queens but the 2 nude queens and 1 lesbian story make it totally unacceptable in my book. I find many other paper dolls like Little House, Shirley Temple and Polly Pratt appropriate for the actual "paper doll" age girls.

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Summary: A royal portraitist in a past life?
Review: Mr. Tierney's works have always been breathtaking, and thiscollection is no different. Each of these ladies is shown in apositive light of their native culture, and the loving attention to detail that the artist gives to each of them shows a great love and respect for his art and subjects. The little synopses of each lady's life leave you wanting to know even more. Tom Tierney is an artist with a capital A. If anyone has a daughter and wants to show her strong, influential role models, look no further than this collection.

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Summary: stunning
Review: Please take the above review from the woman who rated this for a child with a grain of salt. These paper dolls are not meant to be cut out and played with.They are beautiful historical treasures, especially helpful for me as a theatrical costume designer. As for the nudity. What she refers to is the doll of Cleopatra, who is not nude, she is wearing a historically accurate, shear muslim gown with exposed breasts. When my 12 year old was studying eqypt she used this picture as a guide for a portrait she had to do for an eqyption museum. It is a lovely lovely depiction and is not the least bit sordid.