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Victoria's Daughters

Victoria's Daughters

by Jerrold M. Packard
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 21/03/2017

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Vicky, Alice, Helena, and Beatrice were historically unique sisters, born to a sovereign who ruled over a quarter of the earth's people and who gave her name to an era: Queen Victoria. Two of these princesses would themselves produce children of immense consequence. All five would curiously come to share many of the social restrictions and familial machinations borne by nineteenth-century women of less-exulted class. Principally researched at the houses and palaces of its five subjects in London, Scotland, Berlin, Darmstadt, and Ottawa-and entertainingly written by an experienced biographer whose last book concerned Victoria's final days-Victoria's Daughters closely examines a generation of royal women who were dominated by their mother, married off as much for political advantage as for love, and finally passed over entirely with the accession of their brother Bertie to the throne. Jerrold M. Packard provides valuable insights into their complex, oft-tragic lives as daughters of their time.
ISBN:
9781541450820
9781541450820
Category:
Uncategorized
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
21-03-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
187.96x134.62x15.24mm
Weight:
0.09kg

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