Crowned in a Far Country Portraits of Eight Royal Brides

Name: Crowned in a Far Country Portraits of Eight Royal Brides
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ISBN: 9780743296373

ISBN-10: 0743296370

ISBN-13: 9780743296373

Edition: 2007

Authors: Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent, Princess Michael of Kent, Michael

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Though of eminent birth and status in their own right, the women ofCrowned in a Far Countryall left the countries of their birth to marry heirs to great thrones. They all shared an inbred sense of duty and a genuine desire to see it performed. None fought against what she saw as her destiny but only sought to fulfill it. Some were passionate, others less so. Some were good wives; some were caring mothers. They were all catalysts, the pivots of their worlds for a time. More than just a window into the politics and power brokering of royal marriage,Crowned in a Far Countrycharts the transformations of privileged princesses into women of power and historical importance.

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List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 2/6/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent is the author of two previous books, Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Brides and Cupid and the King: Five Royal Paramours. For more than ten years, the Princess has pursued a successful career lecturing on historical topics. She lives with her husband, Prince Michael of Kent, in Kensington Palace in London and in their seventeenth-century manor house in Gloucestershire, England.



Introduction Catherine the Great 1729-1796


Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst/Empress of All the Russias Marie Antoinette 1755-1793


Archduchess of Austria/Queen of France Maria Carolina 1752-1814


Archduchess of Austria/Queen of Naples and the Two Sicilies Leopoldina 1797-1826


Archduchess of Austria/Empress of Brazil Eugï¿½nie 1826-1920


Grandee of Spain/Empress of France Vicky 1840-1901


Princess Royal of Great Britain/Empress of Prussia Alexandra 1844-1925 and Minnie 1847-1928


Princess Alexandra of Denmark/Queen of Great Britain


Princess Dagmar of Denmark/Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia


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