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The Georgian Princesses

Author : Van der Kiste
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752494910
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book The Georgian Princesses written by Van der Kiste and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2002-07-11 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronological account of the princesses and consort Queens of the Georgian era. From Sophia who died shortly before she would have become Queen as heir to Queen Anne, to Adelaide, consort to William IV whose failure to provide an heir ensured the succession passed to his niece Queen Victoria. During this period, an array of colourful personalities came and went - George I's ill-fated wife Sophia Dorothea of Celle who was imprisoned for adultery for over 30 years until her death; the equally tragic Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and sister of George III who married an incipient schizophrenic, saw her lover put to death, was divorced and imprisoned, released after pressure from her brother, only to die of typhoid or scarlet fever aged just 23; George IV's notorious consort , his cousin Caroline of Brunswick, who danced naked on tables and was refused access to his coronation; and their daughter Charlotte, whose death in childbirth in 1817 necessitated the hasty marriages of several of her middle-aged uncles in a desperate race to provide a legal heir to the throne.

The Georgian Princesses

Author : John Van der Kiste
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752494910
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book The Georgian Princesses written by John Van der Kiste and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2002-07-11 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronological account of the princesses and consort Queens of the Georgian era. From Sophia who died shortly before she would have become Queen as heir to Queen Anne, to Adelaide, consort to William IV whose failure to provide an heir ensured the succession passed to his niece Queen Victoria. During this period, an array of colourful personalities came and went - George I's ill-fated wife Sophia Dorothea of Celle who was imprisoned for adultery for over 30 years until her death; the equally tragic Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and sister of George III who married an incipient schizophrenic, saw her lover put to death, was divorced and imprisoned, released after pressure from her brother, only to die of typhoid or scarlet fever aged just 23; George IV's notorious consort , his cousin Caroline of Brunswick, who danced naked on tables and was refused access to his coronation; and their daughter Charlotte, whose death in childbirth in 1817 necessitated the hasty marriages of several of her middle-aged uncles in a desperate race to provide a legal heir to the throne.

The Georgian Princess

Author : Elizabeth Craven
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Georgian Princess written by Elizabeth Craven and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-06 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Georgian Princess" is an opera in two acts penned by Elizabeth Craven, an English author and playwright renowned for her literary contributions during the Georgian era. Set against the backdrop of the 18th century, Craven's opera unfolds a tale of love, intrigue, and political turmoil. The narrative centers around a fictional Georgian princess and her entanglement in the complex web of royal affairs. Against the backdrop of courtly intrigue and social upheaval, the princess navigates the challenges of love and duty, confronting obstacles that threaten her happiness and her kingdom. Craven's opera is distinguished by its lyrical compositions, evocative melodies, and dramatic storyline. Through captivating arias and ensemble pieces, she captures the essence of the Georgian era, immersing audiences in a world of opulence, romance, and intrigue.

Rejected Princesses

Author : Jason Porath
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062405381
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Rejected Princesses written by Jason Porath and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep, a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog. Well-behaved women seldom make history. Good thing these women are far from well behaved . . . Illustrated in a contemporary animation style, Rejected Princesses turns the ubiquitous "pretty pink princess" stereotype portrayed in movies, and on endless toys, books, and tutus on its head, paying homage instead to an awesome collection of strong, fierce, and yes, sometimes weird, women: warrior queens, soldiers, villains, spies, revolutionaries, and more who refused to behave and meekly accept their place. An entertaining mix of biography, imagery, and humor written in a fresh, young, and riotous voice, this thoroughly researched exploration salutes these awesome women drawn from both historical and fantastical realms, including real life, literature, mythology, and folklore. Each profile features an eye-catching image of both heroic and villainous women in command from across history and around the world, from a princess-cum-pirate in fifth century Denmark, to a rebel preacher in 1630s Boston, to a bloodthirsty Hungarian countess, and a former prostitute who commanded a fleet of more than 70,000 men on China’s seas.

The Georgian Princess

Author : Lady Elizabeth Berkeley (Countess of Craven and later Margravine of Anspach)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book The Georgian Princess written by Lady Elizabeth Berkeley (Countess of Craven and later Margravine of Anspach) and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: A Fairy tale style piece which deals with race, religion and the role of women in society.

The Princess of Celle

Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448150388
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Princess of Celle written by Jean Plaidy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume in Plaidy's Georgian saga. True love never ran smoothly for the beautiful Sophia Dorothea, darling of Celle, who first lost her heart to Philip Königsmarck on her seventh birthday. At sixteen, a pawn in seventeenth-century German politics, she was forced into marriage with George Lewis, Crown Prince of Hanover and the future George I of England, who cared only for women and war. Clara von Platen, the uncrowned ruler of Hanover, jealous, ruthless and sexually insatiable, is spurned by Königsmarck when he re-appears in the life of Sophia Dorothea. In revenge, she plans his ruin-and that of the sad princess he so recklessly loves...

The Daughters of George III

Author : Catherine Curzon
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1473897564
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book The Daughters of George III written by Catherine Curzon and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dying years of the 18th century, the corridors of Windsor echoed to the footsteps of six princesses. They were Charlotte, Augusta, Elizabeth, Mary, Sophia, and Amelia, the daughters of King George III and Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Though more than fifteen years divided the births of the eldest sister from the youngest, these princesses all shared a longing for escape. Faced with their father’s illness and their mother’s dominance, for all but one a life away from the seclusion of the royal household seemed like an unobtainable dream. The six daughters of George III were raised to be young ladies and each in her time was one of the most eligible women in the world. Tutored in the arts of royal womanhood, they were trained from infancy in the skills vial to a regal wife but as the king’s illness ravaged him, husbands and opportunities slipped away. Yet even in isolation, the lives of the princesses were filled with incident. From secret romances to dashing equerries, rumors of pregnancy, clandestine marriage and even a run-in with Napoleon, each princess was the leading lady in her own story, whether tragic or inspirational. In The Royal Nunnery: Daughters of George III, take a wander through the hallways of the royal palaces, where the king’s endless ravings echo deep into the night and his daughters strive to be recognized not just as princesses, but as women too.

The Princess of Celle

Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Putnam Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780399130700
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Princess of Celle written by Jean Plaidy and published by Putnam Adult. This book was released on 1985 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her marriage to the ruthless, dissolute man who would claim the British throne as George I, the beautiful, virtuous Sophia Dorothea is neglected until she falls in love with Swedish adventurer Count Konigsmarck.

Queens of Georgian Britain

Author : Catherine Curzon
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473858542
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Queens of Georgian Britain written by Catherine Curzon and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of four royal women that’s “as inherently fascinating as it is exceptionally informative . . . an extraordinary read from beginning to end” (Midwest Book Review). Once upon a time there were four kings called George who, thanks to a quirk of fate, ruled Great Britain for over a century. Hailing from Germany, these occasionally mad, bad, and infamous sovereigns presided over a land in turmoil. Yet what of the remarkable women who were crowned alongside them? From the forgotten princess locked in a tower to an illustrious regent, a devoted consort, and a notorious party girl, the queens of Georgian Britain lived lives of scandal, romance, and turbulent drama. Whether dipping into politics or carousing on the shores of Italy, Caroline of Ansbach, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Caroline of Brunswick refused to fade into the background. Queens of Georgian Britain offers a chance to step back in time and meet the women who ruled alongside the Georgian monarchs, not forgetting Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the passionate princess who never made it as far as the throne. From lonely childhoods to glittering palaces, via family feuds, smallpox, strapping soldiers, and plenty of scheming, these are the queens who shaped an era. “A lively deep dive into the lives of four women regularly overshadowed by their husbands . . . Curzon is a captivating writer and this book is an impressive addition to her existing Georgian books.” —The Lazy Historian “Curzon has a breezy, colloquial style . . . an easy and informative read.” —Historical Novels Review

Enlightened Princesses

Author : Yale Center for British Art
Publisher : Icons of the Luso-Hispanic World
ISBN 13 : 9780300217100
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Enlightened Princesses written by Yale Center for British Art and published by Icons of the Luso-Hispanic World. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication accompanies the exhibition Enlightened princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the shaping of the modern world, co-organized by the Yale Center for British Art and Historic Royal Palaces, on view at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, from 2 February to 30 April 2017, and at Kensington Palace, London, from 22 June to 12 November 2017"--Colophon.

Princesses Behaving Badly

Author : Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
Publisher : Quirk Books
ISBN 13 : 1594746656
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Princesses Behaving Badly written by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 30 true stories of take-charge princesses from around the world and throughout history offer a different kind of bedtime story . . . Pop history meets a funny, feminist point-of-view in these illustrated tales of “royal terrors who make modern gossip queens seem as demure as Snow White” (New York Post). You think you know her story. You’ve read the Brothers Grimm, you’ve watched the Disney cartoons, and you cheered as these virtuous women lived happily ever after. But real princesses didn’t always get happy endings—and had very little in common with Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, or Ariel. Featuring illustrations by Wicked cover artist, Douglas Smith, Princesses Behaving Badly tells the true stories of famous (Marie Antoinette; Lucrezia Borgia)—and some not-so-famous—princesses throughout history and around the world, including: • Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe, a Nazi spy. • Empress Elisabeth of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who slept wearing a mask of raw veal. • Princess Olga of Kiev, who slaughtered her way to sainthood. • Princess Lakshmibai, who waged war on the battlefield with her toddler strapped to her back. Some were villains, some were heroes, some were just plain crazy. But none of these princesses felt constrained to our notions of “lady-like” behavior.

The Making of the Georgian Nation, Second Edition

Author : Ronald Grigor Suny
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253209153
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Georgian Nation, Second Edition written by Ronald Grigor Suny and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1994-10-22 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ". . . the best study in English to date for an understanding of Georgian nationalism." —Religious Studies Review ". . . the standard account of Georgian history in English." —American Historical Review ". . . tour de force research . . . fascinating reading." —American Political Science Review Like the other republics floating free after the demise of the Soviet empire, the independent republic of Georgia is reinventing its past, recovering what had been forgotten or distorted during the long years of Russian and Soviet rule. Whether Georgia can successfully be transformed from a society rent by conflict into a pluralistic democratic nation will depend on Georgians rethinking their history. This is the first comprehensive treatment of Georgian history, from the ethnogenesis of the Georgians in the first millennium B.C., through the period of Russian and Soviet rule in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to the emergence of an independent republic in 1991, the ethnic and civil warfare that has ensued, and perspectives for Georgia's future.

Looking for Princess Augusta: a Personal Journey

Author : John R. Barney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781636256979
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (569 download)

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Download or read book Looking for Princess Augusta: a Personal Journey written by John R. Barney and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a biography of Princess Augusta Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess of Wales. This story provides historical background for the founding of Gotha, Germany, beginning with the 9th century and Charlemagne. Using the Princess' documents and letters, as well as the cultural context, Princess Augusta's story is brought into focus, offering the reader the opportunity to know her and her world. She was born in Gotha at Friedenstein Castle on November 30, 1719. In April 1736, she journeyed to London to become wed to Frederick, Prince of Wales. Her eldest son became George III of Great Britain. That Spring of 1736, a frontier village on the Savannah River in the Georgia colony was named for her which came to be the city of Augusta, Georgia. Princess Augusta's story is revealed against the background of two European wars that embraced the all of the courts in Europe, as well as London's politics. Tragedies struck the Princess' household with the death of her husband in 1751 and several children. On a winter evening in 1772 she succumbed to cancer. This story puts to rest many unfounded stories about her morality and character, revealing a lady whose life that included a devotion to her faith as well as honor, courage and commitment.

Princesses

Author : Flora Fraser
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408832534
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Princesses written by Flora Fraser and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-11 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Remarkably intimate... Full and revealing... Princesses opens an invaluable new window into the often troubled private world of these royal women' LA Times 'Riveting and wonderfully detailed....Thanks to Flora Fraser's new book, George III's daughters can step out of the shadows of history and take their rightful places with the rest of the House of Hanover' Washington Times Drawing on their extraordinary private correspondence, acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser gives voice to the daughters of 'Mad' King George III. Six handsome, accomplished, extremely well-educated women: Princess Royal, the eldest, constantly at odds with her mother; home-loving, family-minded Augusta; plump Elizabeth, a gifted amateur artist; Mary the bland beauty of the family; Sophia, emotional and prone to take refuge in illness; and Amelia, 'the most turbulent and tempestuous of all the princesses.' In this sumptuous group portrait, Fraser takes us into the heart of the British Royal family during the tumultuous period of the American and French revolutions. Never before has the historical searchlight been turned with such sympathy and acuity on George III and his family.

Captivity of two Russian princesses in the Caucasus, tr. from the Russ. [of E.A. Verderevskii] by H.S. Edwards

Author : Eugenii Aleksandrovich Verderevskii
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Captivity of two Russian princesses in the Caucasus, tr. from the Russ. [of E.A. Verderevskii] by H.S. Edwards written by Eugenii Aleksandrovich Verderevskii and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Georgian Era: The royal family. The pretenders and their adherents. Churchmen. Dissenters. Statesmen

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Georgian Era: The royal family. The pretenders and their adherents. Churchmen. Dissenters. Statesmen written by and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Daughters of George III

Author : Catherine Curzon
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1473897556
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book The Daughters of George III written by Catherine Curzon and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look into the lives of the six daughters of King George III of England. In the dying years of the 18th century, the corridors of Windsor echoed to the footsteps of six princesses. They were Charlotte, Augusta, Elizabeth, Mary, Sophia, and Amelia, the daughters of King George III and Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Though more than fifteen years divided the births of the eldest sister from the youngest, these princesses all shared a longing for escape. Faced with their father’s illness and their mother’s dominance, for all but one a life away from the seclusion of the royal household seemed like an unobtainable dream. The six daughters of George III were raised to be young ladies and each in her time was one of the most eligible women in the world. Tutored in the arts of royal womanhood, they were trained from infancy in the skills vital to a regal wife but as the king’s illness ravaged him, husbands and opportunities slipped away. Yet even in isolation, the lives of the princesses were filled with incident. From secret romances to dashing equerries, rumors of pregnancy, clandestine marriage and even a run-in with Napoleon, each princess was the leading lady in her own story, whether tragic or inspirational. In The Daughters of GeorgeIII, take a wander through the hallways of the royal palaces, where the king’s endless ravings echo deep into the night and his daughters strive to be recognized not just as princesses, but as women too. Praise for The Daughters of George III “This fascinating look at the lives and times of the six daughters of George III and Queen Charlotte delivers an engaging read for enthusiasts of the royals and British history.” —Library Journal