Victoria's DaughtersSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 23 դեկ, 1999 թ. - 384 էջ The story of five women who shared one of the most extraordinary and privileged sisterhoods of all time. |
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... house; even the great Napoleon himself once called Leopold the “handsomest young man I ever saw at the Tuileries.” Of ponderous personality, and apt to measure every word with razor-edged precision, Leopold's somber character stood in ...
... House, in Surrey, where he had once lived with Charlotte. There the Coburg prince acted as an important financial supporter to his sister, Victoire, while in the meantime serving as a surrogate father to Princess Victoria. In later ...
... House of Lords. The question was suspended pending a supposedly more propitious time, but it was never seriously raised again. Victoria herself thought the title of “King-Consort” would be perfect for Albert, but that too was discarded ...
... house and not I in his.” Though during her first pregnancy the queen began to discover how useful Albert could be to her, his days still held many empty hours, and he thus found time, and was so inclined, to attend lovingly to his ...
... new occupants' position Osborne House was to grow into an unmistakably “royal” residence, it remained relatively unostentatious: the family's own quarters were compact and (compared with Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle)
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Death at Windsor | |
Settling Daughters | |
Marriage and Death | |
Tragedy Again and Leavetaking | |
Canada and scandals | |
German Horrors | |
End of an | |
After Years | |
Principal Characters THE SISTERS | |
Bibliography | |