Purple Secret: Genes, Madness and the Royal Houses of Europe - Couverture rigide

Rohl, John C. G.; Warren, Martin; Hunt, David

 
9780593041482: Purple Secret: Genes, Madness and the Royal Houses of Europe
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0593041488 ISBN 13 : 9780593041482
Editeur : Bantam Press, 1998

Synopsis

In the 1960s a theory was advanced that King George III suffered from a rare incurable blood disorder known as porphyria. It is an inherited disorder, and questions such as were his ancestors or descendents affected also, and with what consequences are addressed. Taking advantage of the developments in DNA sequencing techniques the porphyria strain is traced through the geneological maze of Europe's royal dynasties. This leads the text to the family of the German Kaiser, to the exhumation in Poland of a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and to Patients A and X, present-day descendents of the houses of Hanover and Windsor. In a collaboration between science and history, they reach the conclusion that the royal houses of Britain and Europe are still haunted by the ghost of George III.

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Éditeur
Bantam Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0593041488
ISBN 13 
9780593041482
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780552145503: Purple Secret: Genes, Madness and the Royal Houses of Europe

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ISBN 10 :  0552145505 ISBN 13 :  9780552145503
Editeur : Corgi Books, 1999
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