Synopsis
A dramatic tour of royal hearts and the price of love.
This collection examines twenty real marriages where rank, scandal, and personal choice collided, shaping history as much as any battle or treaty. Through vivid storytelling, the book reveals how dynastic rules and public rumor tested lovers and families alike.
- Real people, real passions: couples who chose love in the face of tradition.
- How power and palace life shaped marriages, from secret unions to public reckonings.
- The human stories behind famous headlines, with attention to motive, consequence, and resilience.
- A chronological journey through eras and empires, showing why some unions endured and others faltered.
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The Great War has changed everything except human nature, and if the term morganatic marriage now seems anachronistic there always will be men and women to rebel against convention and to seek in experiment a panacea for restlessness and ennui. Mankind has ever been inconsistent. It has set up kings, pampered their families and pauperised their brains, applauded them when they have contracted love matches going into ecstasies over their human qualities because a prince has married a peasant or a princess has condescended to ally herself with a mere nobleman and then has dethroned them for not being divine !W emay live to see the day when an English or American millionaire creates astonishment by permitting his daughter to marry a Windsor or a Romanoff, though in that case there will be many who will not long for old age because they shrink from the horrors of a bogus and spurious equality. A morganatic marriage is generally regarded as a love match, but an examination of the records does not prove them to be more successful than less romantic alliances entered into for reasons of State. There could have been no more captivating story than that of the events which brought about the union between H.R.H.
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This fascinating narrative traces the captivating tales of twenty morganatic marriages â" unions between royalty and commoners that rocked the foundations of European society. From the tantalizing story of Countess Hutton Czapski, who enchanted a Russian Grand Duke, to the thrilling escapades of Caroline Lacroix, who became the enigmatic wife of King Leopold II, this book uncovers the forbidden romances that both titillated and scandalized. Despite facing opposition from their families and society, these couples defied conventions in their pursuit of love. But their happiness often came at a price, as they grappled with the disapproval of their peers and the constraints of their elevated positions. The author delves into the complex motivations behind these unions, exploring the interplay of love, ambition, and social status. Through these stories, this book provides a unique glimpse into the hidden world of royalty and reveals the enduring power of love to overcome societal barriers. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781331838173_0
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