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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Արդյունքներ 83–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Jerrold M. Packard. country—a world—at war and yearning for peace. But the last of Queen Victoria's illustrious daughters was already at peace. 1 Foundations Since neither the queen nor her new husband.
Jerrold M. Packard. 1. Foundations. Since neither the queen nor her new husband had the first idea how pregnancy might be avoided, only weeks after her wedding the amazed Victoria found herself, not particularly happily, with child. The ...
... husband, nor even to pass many more days under his roof. George would soon formally separate from a woman chiefly distinguished for being one of the most ill-used princesses in British history. Eighteen years later, Princess Charlotte ...
... husband. Sussex, of literary inclinations, lived with a nonroyal lady with whom he was very much in love; he refused to put her aside, and thus for all practical purposes excluded himself from the succession. (Years later, Queen ...
... husband's family.2 Of the three, Clarence stood closest to the throne, preceded only by Wales and York. Though by all accounts genuinely in love with his longtime mistress, Clarence quietly but firmly put the kindly mother of his ...
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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 | |