The Strangest Family

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ISBN 13 : 9780007165209
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis The Strangest Family by : Janice Hadlow

Download or read book The Strangest Family written by Janice Hadlow and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intensely moving account of George III's doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer. George III came to the throne in 1760 as a man with a mission. He was determined to break with the extraordinarily dysfunctional home lives of his Hanoverian predecessors. He was sure that as a faithful husband and a loving father, he would be not just a happier man but a better ruler as well. During the early part of his reign it seemed as if, against all the odds, his great family project was succeeding. His wife, Queen Charlotte, shared his sense of moral purpose, and together they raised their fifteen children in a climate of loving attention. But as the children grew older, and their wishes and desires developed away from those of their father, it became harder to maintain the illusion of domestic harmony. 'The Strangest Family' is an epic, sprawling family drama, filled with intensely realised characters who leap off the page as we are led deep inside the private lives of the Hanoverians. Written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new voice in history writing, it is both a window on another world and a universal story that will resonate powerfully with modern readers.

Enlightened Princesses

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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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Book Synopsis Enlightened Princesses by : Yale Center for British Art

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

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408832534
Total Pages : 685 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Princesses by : Flora Fraser

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 685 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.

Hanoverian to Windsor Consorts

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Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303112829X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Book Synopsis Hanoverian to Windsor Consorts by : Aidan Norrie

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.

Queenship in Britain, 1660-1837

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Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719057694
Total Pages : 334 pages
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Book Synopsis Queenship in Britain, 1660-1837 by : Clarissa Campbell Orr

Download or read book Queenship in Britain, 1660-1837 written by Clarissa Campbell Orr and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queenship in Britain 1660-1837 looks at the lives of successive Queens, Princesses of Wales and royal daughters, and considers how they used their powers of patronage and operated within the confines of royal family politics. With contributions from an international group of scholars this book brings together new approaches in gender history and court studies to present a re-evaluation of this previously neglected area in the study of the British monarchy. An explanation of these new approaches is contained in a substantial introduction. While the essays perform detailed discussions on a variety of more specific subjects, from how the foreign and Catholic wives of the restored Stuarts coped with a libertine court and a Protestant nation, to the travails of Princesses of Wales, the marriage options of royal daughters, and the question of whether Queen Adelaide (wife of William IV) was a harmless philanthropist re-establishing royal respectability or a real political influence behind the throne.

The Life and Times of Louisa, Queen of Prussia

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Life and Times of Louisa, Queen of Prussia by : Elizabeth Harriot Hudson

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The Life and Times of Louisa Queen of Prussia

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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368803883
Total Pages : 386 pages
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Book Synopsis The Life and Times of Louisa Queen of Prussia by : Elizabeth Hudson

Download or read book The Life and Times of Louisa Queen of Prussia written by Elizabeth Hudson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-17 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

The Georgian Princesses

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

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Book Synopsis The Georgian Princesses by : John Van der Kiste

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 Life and Times of Louisa Queen of Prussia with an Introductory Sketch of Prussian History

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
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Book Synopsis The Life and Times of Louisa Queen of Prussia with an Introductory Sketch of Prussian History by : Elizabeth Harriot Hudson

Download or read book The Life and Times of Louisa Queen of Prussia with an Introductory Sketch of Prussian History written by Elizabeth Harriot Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Raising Royalty

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Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459735706
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Book Synopsis Raising Royalty by : Carolyn Harris

Download or read book Raising Royalty written by Carolyn Harris and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-04-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising Royalty examines the struggles and successes of twenty sets of royal parents over the past thousand years as they raised their children in the public eye. From Edgar and Elfrida in Anglo-Saxon times to William and Kate today, Raising Royalty discusses centuries of royal parenting.

Handel and the English Chapel Royal

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198162286
Total Pages : 680 pages
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Book Synopsis Handel and the English Chapel Royal by : Donald Burrows

Download or read book Handel and the English Chapel Royal written by Donald Burrows and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of Handel's English church music covers well-known works such as 'Zadok the Priest', but also introduces his Chapel Royal music, the result of a close but changing relationship with Britain's Hanoverian royal family. The story of the political background is complemented by an investigation of the circumstances of Handel's performances.

Gender, Power and Identity in the Early Modern House of Orange-Nassau

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317129903
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis Gender, Power and Identity in the Early Modern House of Orange-Nassau by : Susan Broomhall

Download or read book Gender, Power and Identity in the Early Modern House of Orange-Nassau written by Susan Broomhall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do gender and power relationships affect the expression of family, House and dynastic identities? The present study explores this question using a case study of the House of Orange-Nassau, whose extensive visual, material and archival sources from both male and female members enable the authors to trace their complex attempts to express, gain and maintain power: in texts, material culture, and spaces, as well as rituals, acts and practices. The book adopts several innovative approaches to the history of the Orange-Nassau family, and to familial and dynastic studies generally. Firstly, the authors analyse in detail a vast body of previously unexplored sources, including correspondence, artwork, architectural, horticultural and textual commissions, ceremonies, practices and individual actions that have, surprisingly, received little attention to date individually, and consider these as the collective practices of a key early modern dynastic family. They investigate new avenues about the meanings and practices of family and dynasty in the early modern period, extending current research that focuses on dominant men to ask how women and subordinate men understood 'family' and 'dynasty', in what respects such notions were shared among members, and how it might have been fractured and fashioned by individual experiences. Adopting a transnational approach to the Nassau family, the authors explore the family's self-presentation across a range of languages, cultures and historiographical traditions, situating their representation of themselves as an influential House within an international context and offering a new vision of power as a gendered concept.

Memoirs of the Court of George III

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040156126
Total Pages : 1631 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Book Synopsis Memoirs of the Court of George III by : Michael Kassler

Download or read book Memoirs of the Court of George III written by Michael Kassler and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 1631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George III was one of the longest reigning British monarchs, ruling over most of the English speaking world from 1760 to 1820. Despite his longevity, George’s reign was one of turmoil. Britain lost its colonies in the War of American Independence and the European political system changed dramatically in the wake of the French Revolution. Closer to home, problems with the King’s health led to a constitutional crisis. Charlotte Papendiek’s memoirs cover the first thirty years of George III’s reign, while Mary Delany’s letters provide a vivid portrait of her years at Windsor. Lucy Kennedy was another long-serving member of court whose previously unpublished diary provides a great deal of new detail about the King’s illness. Finally, the Queen herself provides further insights in the only two extant volumes of her diaries, published here for the first time. The edition will be invaluable to scholars of Georgian England as well as those researching the French and American Revolutions and the history and politics of the Regency period more widely.

The Real Elizabeth

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805094164
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Real Elizabeth written by Andrew Marr and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Francia, Band 48

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Publisher : Thorbecke
ISBN 13 : 3799581502
Total Pages : 603 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (995 download)

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Book Synopsis Francia, Band 48 by : Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris

Download or read book Francia, Band 48 written by Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris and published by Thorbecke. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der Band enthält 36 Beiträge in deutscher, französischer und englischer Sprache. Die Themenvielfalt reicht von der Fredegarchronik des 7. Jahrhunderts und dem Fortleben des römischen Rechts im frühen Mittelalter, den Anfängen diplomatischer Beziehungen und dem Hundertjährigen Krieg über die deutsch-französischen Beziehungen des 17. Jahrhunderts, die Eidleistung französischer Bischöfe unter Ludwig XIV. und die Bibliotheksgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit bis zum Pariser Musikleben während der Julimonarchie, den Vegetarismus am Vorabend des Ersten Weltkriegs und die aktuelle Genderdebatte in Afrika. Mit der Geschichte des Körpers und seiner politischen Rolle am frühmodernen Hof sowie der Bürokratisierung afrikanischer Gesellschaften befassen sich die Beiträge zweier "Ateliers".

Royal Kinship. Anglo-German Family Networks 1815-1918

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3598441231
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (984 download)

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Book Synopsis Royal Kinship. Anglo-German Family Networks 1815-1918 by : Karina Urbach

Download or read book Royal Kinship. Anglo-German Family Networks 1815-1918 written by Karina Urbach and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whenever the British Press wants to attack the Royal Family, they make a jibe about “their foreign roots”. The Royals – as they say – are simply a posh version of German invaders. But did German relatives really influence decisions made by any British monarchs or are they just an “imagined community”, invented by journalists and historians? The Royal Archives at Windsor gave the authors – among others John Röhl, doyen of 19th century monarchical history – open access to Royal correspondences with six German houses: Hanover, Prussia, Mecklenburg, Coburg, Hesse and Battenberg.

University Library of Autobiography

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
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Download or read book University Library of Autobiography written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: