Queen Victoria's matchmaking : the royal marriages that shaped Europe /
by Cadbury, Deborah.
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BookPublisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2017Description: 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781408852828 (hbk.) :; 1408852829 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 941.081 CADSubject(s): Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 | Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Family | Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Europe -- History -- 19th century | Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Europe -- History -- 20th century | History | HistorySummary: By the 1890s, Queen Victoria had over 30 grandchildren and to maintain and increase royal power in Europe, she knew she had to manoeuvre them into a series of dynastic marriages. In her sights was royalty from across the world. Yet for all their seeming obedience, her grandchildren often had plans of their own, plans fuelled by strong wills and romantic hearts. Her matchmaking plans were only further complicated by their coinciding with tumultuous international upheavals; revolution and war were in the air and after her death, her most carefully laid plans fell to ruin. This book travels through the most glittering, decadent palaces of Russia and Europe, weaving in scandals, political machinations and family tensions, to enthralling effect.
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Maps and text on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
By the 1890s, Queen Victoria had over 30 grandchildren and to maintain and increase royal power in Europe, she knew she had to manoeuvre them into a series of dynastic marriages. In her sights was royalty from across the world. Yet for all their seeming obedience, her grandchildren often had plans of their own, plans fuelled by strong wills and romantic hearts. Her matchmaking plans were only further complicated by their coinciding with tumultuous international upheavals; revolution and war were in the air and after her death, her most carefully laid plans fell to ruin. This book travels through the most glittering, decadent palaces of Russia and Europe, weaving in scandals, political machinations and family tensions, to enthralling effect.
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