Royal love stories : the tales behind the real-life romances of Europe's kings & queens
Paul, Gill, 1960-2015
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Historically, many royal marriages have represented the unions of dynasties, with true engagements of the heart notable for their rarity. Yet royal couples could fall in love, and this book is full of surprises, from the 'undying love' that the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, felt for his Tsarina, to the unlikely love that flourished between Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Amongst them, too, are less happy loves - of Crown Prince Rudolph for his 17-year-old lover, Countess Mary Vetsera, or, in the 1940s, of the Prince of Sweden, refused consent to marry the girl he loved - she only became his princess over 30 years later. Bringing the reader right up to modern times, and touching, absorbing, and tragic by turns, these stories bring the glamour and the contradictions of royalty to life.
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Author:
Paul, Gill, 1960-, author
Imprint:
Lewes : Ivy Press, 2015.
Collation:
192 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm.
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ISBN:
9781782401506 (pbk)1782401504
Dewey class:
929.7'094929.7929.7094
Language:
English
BRN:
903294