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 77–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... parents presided over the homage to a spent generation. Even though many of the mourners had passed their own lifetimes in Europe's palaces, only a few—only the very oldest —could know the endless splendors that had passed before ...
... parents were determined to give their kingdom a male heir, such production representing the most fundamental duty of sovereign mother and consort father. Thus it happened that in the early hours of November 21, 1840, a rainy day ...
... parents' ill-assorted union. Though she was loyal to her father, Charlotte was nonetheless perfectly sensible to the prince of Wales's many and varied shortcomings—she once confided that “my mother was bad, but she would not have been ...
... parent, noting most importantly that the daughters of the higher heir preceded any child of his (or her) younger siblings. Thus, for example, a daughter by the older brother Kent would precede both the younger brother Cumberland and any ...
... parents—particularly Albert—set about deciding how to capitalize on these circumstances, which is to say how this princess might best further her father's deeply held liberal political ideals. But while this future bearer of the ...
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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 | |