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

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

ISBN 10: 0593041488 / ISBN 13: 9780593041482

Edité par Bantam Press, London, 1998

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1st edition, large 8vo, 297pp, photo illustrations, sl tanned pages o/w VG+/Fine Copy in VG+/Fine DJ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Purple Secret: Genes, Madness and the Royal Houses of Europe
• Éditeur: Bantam Press, London
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0593041488
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780593041482
• Reliure: Hard Cover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Genealogy
  • Health and Medicine
  • Royalty and the Aristocracy
  • History & Heritage

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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.