Queen Victoria; from her birth to the death of the Prime Consort
Author: Cecil Woodham Smith
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 486
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Author: Cecil Woodham Smith
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 486
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Cecil Woodham Smith
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 540
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe events of Victoria's life are portrayed against the political and social history of Britain and the Empire.
Author: Cecil Smith-Woodham
Publisher:
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 495
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Cecil Woodham-Smith
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9780140177169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Julia P. Gelardi
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2007-04-01
Total Pages: 506
ISBN-13: 1429904550
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJulia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an historical tour de force that weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the 20th century, and it was their reaction to the First World War that shaped the fate of a continent and the future of the modern world. Here are the stories of Alexandra, whose enduring love story, controversial faith in Rasputin, and tragic end have become the stuff of legend; Marie, the flamboyant and eccentric queen who battled her way through a life of intrigues and was also the mother of two Balkan queens and of the scandalous Carol II of Romania; Victoria Eugenie, Spain's very English queen who, like Alexandra, introduced hemophilia into her husband's family-with devastating consequences for her marriage; Maud, King Edward VII's daughter, who was independent Norway's reluctant queen; and Sophie, Kaiser Wilhelm II's much maligned sister, daughter of an Emperor and herself the mother of no less than three kings and a queen, who ended her days in bitter exile. Born to Rule evokes a world of luxury, wealth, and power in a bygone era, while also recounting the ordeals suffered by a unique group of royal women who at times faced poverty, exile, and death. Praised in their lifetimes for their legendary beauty, many of these women were also lauded-and reviled-for their political influence. Using never before published letters, memoirs, diplomatic documents, secondary sources, and interviews with descendents of the subjects, Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an astonishing and memorable work of popular history.
Author: Cecil Woodham-Smith
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lytton Strachey
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 460
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study of the childhood, marriage, and reign of England's beloved queen reveals a tender but determined woman.
Author: Cecil Woodham Smith
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 612
ISBN-13: 9780241022009
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Matthew Dennison
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2008-02-19
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 1429981385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn engrossing biography of Queen Victoria's youngest daughter that focuses on her relationship with her willful mother--a powerful and insightful look into two women of significant importance and influence in world history. Beatrice was the last child born to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her father died when she was four and Victoria came to depend on her youngest daughter absolutely, and also demanded from her complete submission. Victoria was not above laying it down regally even with her own children. Beatrice succumbed to her mother's obsessive love, so that by the time she was in her late teens she was her constant companion and running her mother's office, which meant that when Victoria died her daughter became literary executor, a role she conducted with Teutonic thoroughness. And although Victoria tried to prevent Beatrice even so much as thinking of love, her guard slipped when Beatrice met Prince Henry of Battenberg. Sadly, Beatrice inherited from her mother the hemophilia gene, which she passed on to two of her four sons and which her daughter Victoria Eugenia, in marrying Alfonso XIII of Spain, in turn passed on to the Spanish royal family. This new examination will restore her to her proper prominence--as Queen Victoria's second consort.
Author: Lytton Strachey
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 434
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