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 41–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... became known in the family as “Vicky,” or, most familiarly, “Pussy”; two months after her birth she officially became the “Princess Royal.” The title, a dignity bestowed by the monarch at his or her personal preference, had first been.
... official duties to the mundane requirements of child care would never have been considered by Victoria. She saw her new baby twice a day—at bath time and in her own dressing room while she changed for dinner—as well as at a smattering ...
... officially assigned to Albert amounted to little more than titular supervision over the private domestic arrangements of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, the couple's two homes. But the prince's authority was often thwarted by ...
... officials, stewards, high servants, and freefloating hangers-on. With Albert's ascendancy over the monarchy's domestic ... official business. Her condition caused her to feel unwell at this time9 and thus often indisposed to attend to ...
... official would write of Albert as “in fact, tho' not in name, Her Majesty's Private Secretary.” Another minister went further, stating that the queen had turned Albert into a virtual “King-Consort,” which had, ironically, been the title ...
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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 | |