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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... London post, she would eventually give in to his matchmaking. His greatest ambition was to marry off his English niece, a regnant queen, to his nephew, the nearpenniless younger son of his brother, the reigning sovereign in Coburg. It ...
... London's thoroughfares. Much of the Ushaped building (the fourth wing—the east front—wouldn't be built until 1847, turning the U into an enclosed quadrangle) was taken up by grandiose chambers of state never meant to provide homely ...
... London and Windsor when they felt cramped, or when the weather was bad, or simply when the mood struck. Though they set no mandate that their retreat be located near to the sea, Victoria had long been predisposed to finding a haven ...
... London's commercial emporia, and special delights were installed for the children—including a full-size “Swiss Cottage” where the young princes and princesses could practice some of the household pursuits their mother's humbler subjects ...
... wife's time rolled around again, meaning that the midwife's neighborhood, and soon enough the whole city, would know another prince or princess was about to come into the world. As twenty-one blasts from guns at the Tower of London.
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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 | |