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Author : Geoffrey Wakeford
Publisher : Robert Hale
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Three Consort Queens: Adelaide, Alexandra & Mary written by Geoffrey Wakeford and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 1971 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Justin C. Vovk
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1938908600
Total Pages : 643 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (389 download)
Download or read book Imperial Requiem written by Justin C. Vovk and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Augusta Victoria, Mary, Alexandra, and Zita were four women who were born to rule. In Imperial Requiem, Justin C. Vovk narrates the epic story of four women who were married to the reigning monarchs of Europe's last empires during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using a diverse array of primary and secondary sources, letters, diary entries, and interviews with descendants, Vovk provides an in-depth look into the lives of four extraordinary women who stayed faithfully at their husbands' sides throughout the cataclysm of the First World War and the tumultuous years that followed. At the centers of these four great monarchies were Augusta Victoria, Germany's revered empress whose unwavering commitment to her bombastic husband made her a national icon; Mary, whose Cinderella story and immense personal strength made her the soul of the British monarchy through some of its greatest crises; Alexandra, the ill-fated tsarina who helped topple the Russian monarchy through her ineffective rule; and Zita, the resolute empress of Austria whose story of loss and exile captivated the world's attention for seven decades. Imperial Requiem shares the fascinating story of four princesses who married for love, graced imperial thrones, and watched as their beloved worlds were torn apart by war, revolution, heartache, and loss.
Author : Matthew Glencross
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331989515X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (198 download)
Download or read book Monarchies and the Great War written by Matthew Glencross and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume challenges the traditional view that the First World War represents a pivotal turning point in the long history of monarchy, suggesting the picture is significantly more complex. Using a comparative approach, it explores the diverse roles played by monarchs during the Great War, and how these met the expectations of the monarchic institution in different states at a time of such crisis. Its contributors not only explore less familiar narratives, including the experiences of monarchs in Belgium and Italy, as well as the Austro-Hungarian, Japanese and Ottoman Empires, but also cast fresh light on more familiar accounts. In doing so, this book moves away from the conventional view that monarchy showed itself irrelevant in the Great War, by drawing on new approaches to diplomatic and international history - ones informed by cultural contextualization for instance - while grounding the research behind each chapter in a wide range of contemporary sources The chapters provide an innovative revisiting of the actual role of monarchy at this crucial period in European (indeed, global) history, and are framed by a substantial introductory chapter where the key factors explaining the survival or collapse of dynasties, and of the individuals occupying these thrones, are considered in a wide-ranging set of reflections that highlight the extent of common experiences as well as the differences.
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Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Pope-Hennessy
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1529355044
Total Pages : 1169 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)
Download or read book Queen Mary written by James Pope-Hennessy and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 1169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official biography of Queen Mary, grandmother of the current Queen, originally commissioned in 1959 - with a new foreword by Hugo Vickers. When Queen Mary died in 1953, James Pope-Hennessy was commissioned to write an official biography of her - unusual for a Queen Consort. Queen Mary's life, contrary to popular belief, was essentially dramatic, and she played a far more important and influential role in the affairs of the British monarchy than her public image might have otherwise suggested. Using material from the Royal Archives, private papers and Queen Mary's personal diaries and letters, Pope-Hennessy's biography was a remarkable portrait of a remarkable woman and received rave reviews across the press. Long out of print, this new edition of Queen Mary will be accompanied by a new foreword from royal biographer and writer Hugo Vickers.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Genealogist written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walford Dakin Selby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Genealogist written by Walford Dakin Selby and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bridget Cherry
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300096521
Total Pages : 886 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (965 download)
Download or read book London 3 written by Bridget Cherry and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive architectural guide encompassing three centuries of metropolitan growth spanning an area from Georgian St Marylebone and the riverside terraces of Chelsea and Chiswick to Heathrow Airport and the outer fringes of Middlesex.
Author : Kenneth John Panton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538175770
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy written by Kenneth John Panton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 800 cross-referenced entries that cover significant events, places, institutions, and other aspects of British culture, economics, politics, and society.
Author : Aidan Norrie
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303112829X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Hanoverian to Windsor Consorts written by Aidan Norrie and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the lives and tenures of the consorts of the Hanoverian, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Windsor monarchs from 1727 to the present. Some of the consorts examined in this volume—such as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, consort to George VI—are well known while others, including Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, consort to William IV, are more obscure. These innovative and authoritative biographies bring a fresh approach to the consorts of this period, revealing their lasting influence on the monarchy. In addition to covering a period that has seen the development of constitutional monarchy and increased media scrutiny of the whole royal family, this volume also looks to the future of the British monarchy, suggesting ways that future consorts can learn from the example of their predecessors. This volume and its companions reveal the changing nature of British consortship from the Norman Conquest to today.
Author : Ilana D Miller
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399099744
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Queen Victoria After Albert written by Ilana D Miller and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few British monarchs have fit the time, the tone or the energy of an era quite the way Queen Victoria mastered her reign. From her ascension to the throne in 1837 to her death in 1901, her monarchy was one of spectacular advances in the British Empire. Political, scientific, and industrial wonders were changing the world. Britain's influence reached all corners of the earth. But there was one area that particularly intrigued the Queen. Men. Keenly aware of the opposite sex, her most trusted advisors were men. Lord Melbourne, her first prime minister, was an avuncular presence. Then her beloved husband Prince Albert took the reins until his death in 1861. In a widowhood of forty years, her ministers were a varied lot. She adored Disraeli, disliked Gladstone, and found genuine friendship with Lord Salisbury. Then there was Mr. Brown, the Scottish ghillie who she found wonderfully attractive. Later there was Abdul Karim, the Munshi, or teacher with whom she had a motherly relationship. She adored her son-in-law, Prince Henry of Battenberg, the 'sunshine of their lives' and was devastated when he died. She also loved her grandson-in-law, Prince Louis Battenberg, who was one of the executors of her will. Those years without Albert were not barren loveless years, they were not without happiness and pleasure, even if the queen herself might protest.
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Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Illustrated London News written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tessa Rose
Publisher : Bernan Press(PA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Coronation Ceremony of the Kings and Queens of England and the Crown Jewels written by Tessa Rose and published by Bernan Press(PA). This book was released on 1992 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short guide, aimed at the general reader and based on The History of the Crown Jewels: a catalogue of the Treasures of the Jewel House, edited by Claude Blair and to be published by HMSO in early 1993. This guide focuses on regalia used in the coronation ceremony and includes illustrations from the Jewel House and other sources.
Author : Tyler Whittle
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100381025X
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Victoria and Albert at Home written by Tyler Whittle and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1980 Victoria and Albert at Home describes the sitting, construction, and decorating of the two royal residences at Osborne and Balmoral and paints a memorable portrait of the Queen’s family and her Court beside the Solent and the Dee. At the time of their marriage the royal couple had the use of many crown properties, but, except for Windsor Castle, they found none to their taste and began to look for a home of their own. Sir Robert Peel found them an estate on the Isle of Wight, which was peaceful, beautiful, and at that time sufficiently remote from London. However, when access from London became swifter and easier, their privacy was lost, and they looked elsewhere for a second private family residence. A small estate in Scotland was recommended and Prince Albert once again designed the house, this time in Scottish baronial style. Drawing on memories, archives, and family papers, some of which, with a number of illustrations, have never been published before, Tyler Whittle has written an interesting, entertaining, and vivid account of life at a time so very much more elegant and yet, at the same time, so very much robust than anything that can be imagined today. This is a must read for students and scholars of British history, and Royal history.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar written by and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalogues of Sales written by Sotheby & Co. (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
