The Last Princess - Couverture souple

Dennison, Matthew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 031256497X ISBN 13 : 9780312564971

Editeur : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009

Synopsis

An engrossing biography of Queen Victoria's youngest daughter that focuses on her relationship with her willful mother--a powerful and insightful look at two women of significant importance and influence in world history

Beatrice was the last child born to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her father died when she was four and Victoria came to depend on her youngest daughter absolutely, and also demanded from her complete submission. Beatrice succumbed to her mother's obsessive love, so that by the time she was in her late teens she was her constant companion. Although Victoria tried to prevent Beatrice from even so much as thinking of love, her guard slipped when Beatrice met Prince Henry of Battenberg. Sadly, Beatrice inherited the hemophilia gene from her mother, which she passed on to two of her four sons and which her daughter Victoria Eugenia, in marrying Alfonso XIII of Spain, in turn passed on to the Spanish royal family. This new examination will restore her to her proper prominence--as Queen Victoria's second consort.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Matthew Dennison is the author of nine critically acclaimed works of non-fiction, including Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West, a Book of the Year in The Times, Spectator, Independent and Observer, and the much-praised Eternal Boy, a life of Kenneth Grahame, and his biography of Her late Majesty The Queen, published by Head of Zeus.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St. Martin's Griffin
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 031256497X
• ISBN 13: 9780312564971
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 342
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• Personne responsable: non disponible