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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... looked to stay that way; his wife, even if not yet barren, found her menagerie of monkeys and dogs far more congenial company than she did her racing-obsessed husband. Sussex, of literary inclinations, lived with a nonroyal lady with ...
... looked over as future consort material; Albert had for some time been aware that his uncle Leopold savored the notion of his niece and nephew reigning together under his tutelage. But this initial visit produced no sparks, Victoria ...
... looked upon Albert. Unfortunately, Windsor's delightfully endless space, sumptuously decorated chambers, and blessed twenty-mile remove from Pimlico's grit, were offset by a number of disagreeable factors, not least the primitive ...
... looked no more royal than the skipper of the fishing smack that had transported him away from French soil), Victoria became so agitated that Albert feared she might lose the baby whose time was almost on her. The seven-year-old princess ...
... looked likely to be the queen's last daughter. In 1850, a third son had been born, whom Victoria decided to name Arthur after the victor of Waterloo. Naturally the old duke of Wellington—a national hero who beguiled the queen —was ...
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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 | |