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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... was she who formally proposed marriage—the gender reversal required since she outranked her cousin—and on February 10, 1840, the couple was married in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Uncle Leopold had expected a peerage for Albert, but Prime.
Jerrold M. Packard. Uncle Leopold had expected a peerage for Albert, but Prime Minister Lord Melbourne regretfully informed his sovereign that Parliament wouldn't take willingly to the proposal of an alien becoming a member of the House ...
... would have been appreciated in an era when disease routinely carried off even babies born to the highest, both queen and prince knew more children could surely be expected. However, a handful of critics - The Forties.
... expected child's safe delivery wherever he might be at the time. When word reached him at his country estate that the baby was born and was to be named Alice, the former premier was beside himself with joy. It seemed that he and ...
... means of freeing herself from a world that all but overwhelmed her. At her christening, held at Buckingham Palace, Lenchen cried throughout, disgracing herself in the estimation of those who held that royal babies were expected to behave.
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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 | |