The Daughters of George III - Couverture souple

Stuart, Dorothy Margaret

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1781554854 ISBN 13 : 9781781554852

Editeur : Fonthill Media Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

It is, as Lord Melbourne hinted to Queen Victoria, 'a little curious that so many good-looking children should have been born of the union between George III and Queen Charlotte.' His florid youthful comeliness soon passed, leaving him with protuberant eyes and pendulous lips, and even the Queen's best friends could not describe her as anything but plain. Yet these two found themselves in course of time surrounded by a family of seven sons and six daughters all of whom were, at least in their earlier years, more than passably handsome. This study by the noted biographer Dorothy Margaret Stuart was the first full length account of the six princesses. Fanny Burney exclaimed, with characteristic fervor, 'Never in tale or fable were six sister princesses more lovely!' and a visitor from America wrote in 1788, 'The four eldest princesses are thought surprising beauties. They are certainly handsome' When Gainsborough was painting the series of family portraits he spoke with rapture of the royal children.The six Princesses were so spaced in order of time that they tended to fall into two equal groups: the elder Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal, born in 1766; Augusta Sophia, born in 1768; Elizabeth, born in 1770: and the younger-Mary, born in 1776; Sophia, born in 1777; and Amelia, born in 1783. This biography provides a full account of all of the six princesses.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dorothy Margaret Stuart, (1889-1963) was a poet and writer of great ability. Her works include literary and historical biographies, historical non-fiction particularly concentrating on the lives of women and children, and history stories for children. She was a member of the English Association from 1930 onwards, edited its newsletter and contributed essays and book reviews to its journal, English.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fonthill Media Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1781554854
• ISBN 13: 9781781554852
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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