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Daughters of the Winter Queen

Author : Nancy Goldstone
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0316387886
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Daughters of the Winter Queen written by Nancy Goldstone and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling family saga of five unforgettable women who remade Europe. From the great courts, glittering palaces, and war-ravaged battlefields of the seventeenth century comes the story of four spirited sisters and their glamorous mother, Elizabeth Stuart, granddaughter of the martyred Mary, Queen of Scots. Upon her father's ascension to the illustrious throne of England, Elizabeth Stuart was suddenly thrust from the poverty of unruly Scotland into the fairytale existence of a princess of great wealth and splendor. When she was married at sixteen to a German count far below her rank, it was with the understanding that her father would help her husband achieve the kingship of Bohemia. The terrible betrayal of this commitment would ruin "the Winter Queen," as Elizabeth would forever be known, imperil the lives of those she loved and launch a war that would last for thirty years. Forced into exile, the Winter Queen and her family found refuge in Holland, where the glorious art and culture of the Dutch Golden Age indelibly shaped her daughters' lives. Her eldest, Princess Elizabeth, became a scholar who earned the respect and friendship of the philosopher René Descartes. Louisa was a gifted painter whose engaging manner and appealing looks provoked heartache and scandal. Beautiful Henrietta Maria would be the only sister to marry into royalty, although at great cost. But it was the youngest, Sophia, a heroine in the tradition of a Jane Austen novel, whose ready wit and good-natured common sense masked immense strength of character, who fulfilled the promise of her great-grandmother Mary and reshaped the British monarchy, a legacy that endures to this day. Brilliantly researched and captivatingly written, filled with danger, treachery, and adventure but also love, courage, and humor, Daughters of the Winter Queen follows the lives of five remarkable women who, by refusing to surrender to adversity, changed the course of history.

Daughters of the Winter Queen

Author : Nancy Goldstone
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1474602096
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Daughters of the Winter Queen written by Nancy Goldstone and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What a compelling read! Nancy Goldstone has brought to life the four female Stuarts in all their tragic glory' Amanda Foreman Valentine's Day, 1613. Elizabeth Stuart, the sixteen-year-old granddaughter of Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Frederick V, a German count and ally of her father, James I of England. In just five years a terrible betrayal will ruin 'the Winter Queen', as Elizabeth will forever be known, imperil the lives of those she loves and launch a war that lasts thirty years. In a sweeping narrative encompassing political intrigue, illicit love affairs and even a murder mystery, Nancy Goldstone tells the riveting story of a queen in exile, and of her four defiant daughters.

Daughter of Winter

Author : Amber Argyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781310441684
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Daughter of Winter written by Amber Argyle and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bargains. Only the truly desperate make them. Only the truly desperate need them. And always, the desperate pay.The silence and never-ending dark of winter are all Elice has ever known, for she is the daughter of the Winter Queen. Isolated in a northern queendom with only the seals for company, she dreams of color and music and life. So when a whaling ship crashes just offshore, she doesn't hesitate to rescue the lone survivor, Adar, who quickly becomes her friend. She must keep him hidden from her mother at all costs, for if the Winter Queen discovers him trespassing, she'll kill him.When her mother reveals just how dark her soul has become, Elice realizes she is as much a prisoner as Adar. To ever know true freedom--to ever become the woman she was meant to be--she must flee with him. But in their flight, she begins to see hints of something more nefarious. The darkness that has taken hold of her mother is spreading, staining the world with its influence.Unbeknownst to Elice, a bargain was made long ago. A bargain she was born to fulfill.

The Winter Queen

Author : Jane Stevenson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618382675
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (826 download)

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Download or read book The Winter Queen written by Jane Stevenson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An immensely moving account of a strange and magical interracial love affair, The Winter Queen illuminates the Netherlands of the seventeenth century. Amid the dark ambiance of the time, the exiled Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia and Pelagius, a West African prince and former slave, fall in love and secretly marry. With great erudition and compassion, Jane Stevenson vividly renders both a portrait of an extraordinary relationship and a tumultuous political history. Set against a historical backdrop enriched with the art, philosophy, and religion of the Dutch Golden Age, "scene succeeds scene in Vermeer-like richness of color" (Memphis Commercial Appeal).

The Winter Queen

Author : Sherry D. Ficklin
Publisher : Clean Teen Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1634223608
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book The Winter Queen written by Sherry D. Ficklin and published by Clean Teen Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far from the shores of England, another Elizabeth was born to rule a nation… The daughter of Peter the Great, Elizabeth is a princess by birth, yet a warrior by blood. Never content to be a pawn in the game of men, Elizabeth is destined to sit upon a throne. But when her father’s sudden death leaves her mother and sister at the mercy of the scheming Privy Council, she will have to abandon her beloved Russia in order for her family to survive. This is not a fairy tale. And Elizabeth is not an average princess. She is a Romanov—one woman in a line of powerful female rulers who will change the fate of Russia forever.

The Palatine Family and the Thirty Years' War

Author : Thomas Pert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198875428
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Palatine Family and the Thirty Years' War written by Thomas Pert and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palatine Family and the Thirty Years' War examines the experience of exiled royal and noble dynasties during the early modern period through a study of the rulers of the Electorate of the Palatinate during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). By drawing on a wide range of archival source materials, ranging from financial records, printed manifestos, and considerable quantities of diplomatic and personal correspondence, it investigates the resources available to the exiled 'Palatine Family' as well as their attempts to recover the lands and titles lost by Elector Frederick V—the son-in-law of King James VI and I of England and Scotland—in the opening stages of the Thirty Years' War. This work focuses on the years between Frederick's death in 1632 and the partial restoration of his son Charles Louis under the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Although the 'Palatine Question' remained one of the most divisive and important issues throughout the entire Thirty Years' War, the years 1632-1648 have been greatly overlooked in previous examinations of the Palatine Family's exile. By considering the experiences of exiled elites in early modern Europe—such as the relationship between the Palatine Family and the Stuart Dynasty—this work will reveal the influence of dynastic and familial obligations on the high politics of the period, as well as the importance of conspicuous display and diplomatic recognition for exiled regimes in seventeenth-century Europe. It will demonstrate that that dispossessed rulers and houses were not automatically rendered politically insignificant after losing their lands and titles, and could actually remain an important player on the geo-political stage of early modern Europe.

The Winter Queen

Author : Jane Stevenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book The Winter Queen written by Jane Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Winter Queen

Author : Josephine Ross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Winter Queen written by Josephine Ross and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Winter Queen

Author : Amanda McCabe
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1426843054
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book The Winter Queen written by Amanda McCabe and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Queen Elizabeth's lady-in-waiting, innocent Lady Rosamund is unprepared for the temptations of Court. She is swept up in the festivities of the yuletide season and, as seduction perfumes the air, Rosamund is drawn to darkly enticing Anton Gustavson…. With the coming of the glittering Frost Fair, they are tangled in a web of forbidden desire and dangerous secrets. For in this time of desperate plots and intrigues, Anton is more than just a handsome suitor—he may have endangered the life of the woman he is learning to love….

In the Shadow of the Empress

Author : Nancy Goldstone
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1474609910
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book In the Shadow of the Empress written by Nancy Goldstone and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of the thrilling and tempestuous eighteenth century comes the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, a sovereign of extraordinary strength and vision, the only woman ever to inherit and rule the vast Habsburg empire in her own name, and three of her remarkable daughters: lovely, talented Maria Christina, governor-general of the Austrian Netherlands; spirited Maria Carolina, the resolute queen of Naples; and the youngest, Marie Antoinette, the glamorous, tragic queen of France, perhaps the most famous princess in history. Unfolding against an irresistible backdrop of brilliant courts from Vienna to Versailles, embracing the exotic lure of Naples and Sicily, this epic history of Maria Theresa and her daughters is a tour de force of desire, adventure, ambition, treachery, sorrow, and glory. Each of these women's lives was packed with passion and heart-stopping suspense. Maria Theresa inherited her father's thrones at the age of twenty-three and was immediately attacked on all sides by foreign powers confident that a woman would to be too weak to defend herself. Maria Christina, a gifted artist, who alone among her sisters succeeded in marrying for love, would face the same dangers that destroyed the monarchy in France. Resourceful Maria Carolina would usher in the golden age of Naples only to then face the deadly whirlwind of Napoleon. And, finally, Marie Antoinette, the doomed queen whose stylish excesses and captivating notoriety have masked the truth about her husband and herself for two hundred and fifty years.

What Did The Royal Stuarts Ever Do For The U.s.a.?

Author : Richard Crissman
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595329500
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book What Did The Royal Stuarts Ever Do For The U.s.a.? written by Richard Crissman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if the ousted kings of England, the Stuarts, had claimed the North American colonies? We might have been free of the English a century earlier--no revolution needed! What set up this possibility? How did it happen that those foolish, brave, and unlucky Stuarts did everything wrong to ensure that their Scottish subjects migrated to North America as soon as there were any ships going in that direction? This amusing book is full of lost causes, wrongheaded kings, and sheer incompetence. Prince Charlie wasn't bonny at all, and Mary, Queen of Scots wasn't innocent. Read all about these feckless kings of Scotland and England, and about how they gave so much to the USA.

Ungrateful Daughters

Author : Maureen Waller
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429982098
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Ungrateful Daughters written by Maureen Waller and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1688, the birth of a Prince of Wales ignited a family quarrel and a revolution. James II's drive towards Catholicism had alienated the nation and his two staunchly Protestant daughters by his first marriage, Mary and Anne. They are the 'ungrateful daughters' who usurped their father's crown and stole their brother's birthright. Seven prominent men sent an invitation to William of Orange---James' nephew and son-in-law---to intervene in English affairs. But it was the women, Queen Mary Beatrice and her two stepdaughters, Mary and Anne, who played a key role in this drama. Jealous and resentful of her hated stepmother, Anne had written a series of malicious letters to her sister Mary in Holland, implying that the Queen's pregnancy was a hoax, a Catholic plot to deny Mary her rightful inheritance. Betrayed by those he trusted, distraught at Anne's defection, James fled the kingdom. Even as the crown descended on her head, Mary knew she had incurred a father's curse. The sisters quarreled and were still not speaking to each other when Mary died tragically young. Anne did nothing to deserve her father's forgiveness, declaring her brother an outlaw with a price on his head. Acclaimed historian Maureen Waller recreated the late Stuart era in a compelling narrative that highlights the influence of three women in one of the most momentous events in English history. Prompted by religious bigotry and the emotion that beset any family relationships, this palace coup changed the face of the monarchy, and signaled the end of a dynasty.

Winter Queen

Author : Skye MacKinnon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781980959007
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Winter Queen written by Skye MacKinnon and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "They say grief passes. They say the pain gets less. Well, I don't want it to go. I don't want it to stop hurting. The pain helps me function and get through the day. And it helps me focus on one thing: revenge." The Morrigan needs to die, no question about that. But first, Wyn and her Guardians need to find her. While the Realm prepares for war, allies arrive from unexpected places. But there are enemies hiding in plain sight that could stop the war before it's even begun. Can Wyn destroy the Morrigan without sacrificing the lives of her loved ones? ***This is the third book in the Daughter of Winter series. 18+*** The Daughter of Winter Series #0 Prequel: Mother of Gods (Breaking the Myth Anthology, ASIN: B078J4SFJP) #1 Winter Princess #1.5 Spin-off: Demon's Revenge (ASIN: B078J8B1M4) #2 Winter Heiress #3 Winter Queen #3 Winter Goddess

San Francisco Daily Times

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1006 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book San Francisco Daily Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Winter Queen

Author : Cary G. Osborne
Publisher : Crossroad Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winter Queen written by Cary G. Osborne and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On his deathbed, Elissa's young husband names her as regent, the one to protect the kingdom of Albor until their five-year-old son comes of age. The dying king might truly have wanted Elissa to act as regent, or he might have named her only to unite the Privy Council in support of the more likely candidate for the position, the marshal Geoffrey. Because women in Albor normally have no power, Elissa must prove herself constantly to protect her son and daughter. With the help of Geoffrey, her only ally in the court, and her uncle, who is her advisor in the realm of sorcery that she must learn secretly, Elissa attempts to rule the kingdom. Using both her sword fighting skills and her magical powers, she successfully thwarts different plots and conspiracies from inside and outside Albor as she puts aside the feelings she has for the married Geoffrey.

A Dictionary of British History

Author : John Ashton Cannon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0191580228
Total Pages : 1087 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of British History written by John Ashton Cannon and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1087 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When was the first motorway opened? What did the Levellers believe in? What was the book of sports? Where did the Rebecca riots take place? What prompted the Cat and Mouse Act? How long did the Hundred Years War last? When was the treaty of Worms for?Drawing on from the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to British History, published in 1997, The Dictionary of British History published in the very popular OPR series first in 2001 and now reissued for 2003 is a handy and invaluable reference work essential for anyone with an interest in British history and in need for a compact reference source.

The Tragic Daughters of Charles I

Author : Sarah-Beth Watkins
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789041147
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Tragic Daughters of Charles I written by Sarah-Beth Watkins and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary, Elizabeth and Henrietta Anne, the daughters of King Charles I and his queen, Henrietta Maria, would be brought up against the background of the English Civil War. Mary would marry William, Prince of Orange, and be sent to live in the Netherlands. Elizabeth would remain in England under Parliamentary control. Henrietta Anne would escape to France and be the darling of the French Court. Yet none of the Stuart princesses would live to reach thirty. The Tragic Daughters of Charles I is their story. Chronos Books presents the latest in a series of historical royal biographies by Sarah-Beth Watkins, author of Lady Katherine Knollys: The Unacknowledged Daughter of King Henry VIII