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 66–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... Mary Victoria Feodore were read aloud by the Garter King of Arms, then slowly the gathering turned and left the chapel to face the dangers and uncertainties of a country—a world—at war and yearning for peace. But the last.
... turned out to be one of Europe's least appealing princesses. Caroline of Brunswick was royal— in fact, George's first cousin (her mother was the sister of his father)—but that about covered her commendable qualities, aside from the ...
... Conroy was, moreover, popularly thought to be Victoire's lover, and would thus likely control Victoria until she turned eighteen. And depending on Victoria's wishes or degree of ambition, his influence could persist for a good deal longer.
... turned, finding that she had “no scope,” as she put it in her diary, for her “very violent feelings of affection.” Two years later, when a more mature Prince Albert came again to visit the young queen, serendipity and hormones took over ...
... turned Albert into a virtual “King-Consort,” which had, ironically, been the title she suggested for him when the marriage negotiations first got underway. As the queen was not a woman to cast her passions over wide waters, so Lehzen ...
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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 | |