Princess Marina: Her Life and Times
Author : Stella King
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 18,51 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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Author : Stella King
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 18,51 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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Author : James Wentworth Day
Publisher : Robert Hale
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 35,44 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Great Britain
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Author : James W. Day
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 18,24 MB
Release : 1969
Category :
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Author : James Wentworth Day
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 14,87 MB
Release : 1962
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Author : Sophia Watson
Publisher : Phoenix
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 28,46 MB
Release : 1997-05-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781857999709
Young and beautiful, the Dutchess of Kent brought to the House of Windsor a style and chic that the family was sadly lacking. But in 1942 Marina was widowed when the Duke of Kent was killed in a freak air crash.
Author : Christopher Warwick
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 19,39 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Princes
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Author : Greg King
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 38,91 MB
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806535210
“A sympathetic and believable portrait” of the American woman for whom King Edward VIII gave up the throne, with photos included (Christian Science Monitor). A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience. It was the love story of the century—the king and the commoner. In December 1936, King Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry “the woman I love,” Wallis Warfield Simpson, a twice-divorced American who quickly became one of the twentieth century's most famous personalities, a figure of intrigue and mystery, both admired and reviled. Wrongly blamed for the abdication crisis, Wallis suffered hostility from the Royal Family and much of the world. Yet interest in her story has remained constant, resulting in a small library of biographies that convey a thinly veiled animosity toward their subject. The truth, however, is infinitely more fascinating than the shallow, pathetic portrait that has often been painted. Using previously untapped sources, acclaimed biographer Greg King presents a complete and, for the first time, sympathetic portrait of the Duchess that sifts the decades of rumor and accusation to reveal the woman behind the legend. From her birth in Pennsylvania during the Gilded Age to her death in Paris in 1986, King takes the reader through a world of privilege, palaces, high society, and love with the accompaniment of hatreds, feuds, conspiracies, and lies. The cast of characters is vast: politicians and presidents, dictators and socialites. Twenty-four pages of photographs reveal the life of the Duchess in all its incomparable glamour and romance. “A wide, absurd cast of characters—led by the British royal family . . . Wallis’ lavish decorati
Author : Julia P. Gelardi
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 12,97 MB
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1429904550
Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an historical tour de force that weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the 20th century, and it was their reaction to the First World War that shaped the fate of a continent and the future of the modern world. Here are the stories of Alexandra, whose enduring love story, controversial faith in Rasputin, and tragic end have become the stuff of legend; Marie, the flamboyant and eccentric queen who battled her way through a life of intrigues and was also the mother of two Balkan queens and of the scandalous Carol II of Romania; Victoria Eugenie, Spain's very English queen who, like Alexandra, introduced hemophilia into her husband's family-with devastating consequences for her marriage; Maud, King Edward VII's daughter, who was independent Norway's reluctant queen; and Sophie, Kaiser Wilhelm II's much maligned sister, daughter of an Emperor and herself the mother of no less than three kings and a queen, who ended her days in bitter exile. Born to Rule evokes a world of luxury, wealth, and power in a bygone era, while also recounting the ordeals suffered by a unique group of royal women who at times faced poverty, exile, and death. Praised in their lifetimes for their legendary beauty, many of these women were also lauded-and reviled-for their political influence. Using never before published letters, memoirs, diplomatic documents, secondary sources, and interviews with descendents of the subjects, Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an astonishing and memorable work of popular history.
Author : John Van der Kiste
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 25,77 MB
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0752473085
What was childhood like for the princes and princesses in the Victorian and Edwardian period? Here their education, recreation and general upbringing is discussed, from Queen Victoria's isolated and lonely childhood, to the children of King George V and Queen Mary. We see glimpses of Prince Waldemar of Prussia, who enjoyed collecting fossils on the Isle of Wight and terrifying his grandmother with a pet crocodile; Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, who was the first prince to attend public school despite enjoying cricket much more than education; and Prince Louis of Battenberg, who introduced the 'Katuf' into his family, and recorded his voice on a wax cylinder. Contrasts are drawn between childhood at the English court and that of the Queen's decendants at European capitals, as well as the differing attitudes of royal parents. For example, Queen Victoria found babies to be "very froglike", whereas Queen Alexandra still gave children's parties to her children when they were adults.
Author : Christopher Warwick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,78 MB
Release : 2006-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Following the death of her mother, Ella spent some years at Windsor with her grandmother, Queen Victoria. During this time she met & became engaged to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovitch. It was at their wedding that her sister, Alix, formed a love match with the future Tsar Nicholas II, an event which sealed the fate of both sisters.