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 55–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... wrote of herself as being “above” matters of rank; but in fact, nothing is further from an accurate interpretation of her deepest held views. In the first place, the sovereign understood precious little of the lives of her humblest ...
... wrote detailed job descriptions for each staff position, including the various nurses, nurserymaids, assistant nurserymaids, and wet nurses (Queen Victoria most emphatically did not breast-feed her babies). The extraordinarily stringent ...
... unwilling to assume a lesser position in court, returned in 1842 to her native Hanover. The queen was saddened by the loss, but showed little real distress. Albert was, of course, elated at his rival's departure. He wrote of Lehzen as.
Jerrold M. Packard. elated at his rival's departure. He wrote of Lehzen as “a crazy, common, stupid intriguer,” adding that “all the disagreeableness I suffer comes from one and the same person and that is precisely the person whom ...
... wrote to her uncle Leopold that Vicky was “quite a dear little companion ... [but] is sadly backward.” Perhaps the queen's comments simply reflected her inability to understand, or empathize with, a child—any child. Perhaps they sprang ...
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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 | |