Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe
Autor Deborah Cadburyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 apr 2019
As
her
reign
approached
its
sixth
decade,
Queen
Victoria's
grandchildren
numbered
over
thirty,
and
to
maintain
and
increase
British
royal
power,
she
was
determined
to
maneuver
them
into
a
series
of
dynastic
marriages
with
the
royal
houses
of
Europe.
Yet
for
all
their
apparent
obedience,
her
grandchildren
often
had
plans
of
their
own,
fueled
by
strong
wills
and
romantic
hearts.
Victoria's
matchmaking
plans
were
further
complicated
by
the
tumultuous
international
upheavals
of
the
time:
revolution
and
war
were
in
the
air,
and
kings
and
queens,
princes
and
princesses
were
vulnerable
targets.
Queen
Victoria's
Matchmakingtravels
through
the
glittering,
decadent
palaces
of
Europe
from
London
to
Saint
Petersburg,
weaving
in
scandals,
political
machinations
and
family
tensions
to
enthralling
effect.
It
is
at
once
an
intimate
portrait
of
a
royal
family
and
an
examination
of
the
conflict
caused
by
the
marriages
the
Queen
arranged.
At
the
heart
of
it
all
is
Victoria
herself:
doting
grandmother
one
moment,
determined
Queen
Empress
the
next.
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ISBN-13: 9781541768024
ISBN-10: 1541768027
Pagini: 416
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
ISBN-10: 1541768027
Pagini: 416
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
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Notă biografică
Deborah
Cadburyis
the
author
of
eight
acclaimed
books,
includingChocolate
Wars;The
Dinosaur
Hunters;The
Lost
King
of
France;Seven
Wonders
of
the
Industrial
World,
for
which
her
accompanying
BBC
series
received
a
BAFTA
nomination;
andPrinces
at
War.
As
a
BBC
TV
producer
and
executive
producer,
she
has
won
numerous
international
awards,
including
an
Emmy.
She
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
Wonderfully
compelling
and
packed
with
new
material
-
a
gripping
story
beautifully
told.—Jane
Ridley
In this enjoyable story for fans of royal machinations, Cadbury ably shows not just the successes, but also the damage inflicted by Victoria's single-mindedness. An instructive European history that effectively shows 'the influence of [Victoria's] matchmaking on the remarkable rise of the royal dynasty'.—Kirkus Reviews
[An] absorbing book... The fall of the Romanovs occupies the superb last pages of Cadbury's book... Dynastic mergers, we may deduce from Deborah Cadbury's account, offer no defence against the whims of history. This catastrophe-laced slice of royal history offers a ripping read.—Miranda Seymour, The Observer
Engrossing...Cadbury engagingly presents [Queen Victoria] as a mesmerising Mrs Bennet, summoning her children and then her grandchildren to Balmoral. ..The stories of [Queen Victoria's] descendants are mesmerising and often stranger than fiction...From the pen of a writer of skill and style, this surprising narrative leaves you wanting more.—Paula Byrne, The Times
Deborah Cadbury is an adroit story teller. Her lively colourfully written book...begins in the 1880s and ends in the toppling thrones of the First World War, a panoramic family saga, its players by turns pragmatic and romantic, wilful, dutiful, misguided and, occasionally tragic—Matthew Dennison, The Daily Telegraph
A rich history of Queen Victoria's canny use of political power.—Bookpage
Ms. Cadbury stresses the human element of her story, not least the wayward personalities and unforeseen family rivalries that thwarted Victoria's designs as a monarch and matriarch... Many vivid pen portraits.—William Anthony Hay, Wall Street Journal
Fantastic...In lively and page-turning prose, author Deborah "Chocolate Wars" Cadbury confirms her place as a leading historian of Britain as she pulls Queen Victoria out of caricature and into our hearts.—Randy Dotinga, Christian Science Monitor
Queen Victoria's Matchmakingis a look at royalty when it still had a somewhat mystical aura-these people who were both the state and their own particular selves-and a fascinating angle on a time of ferment, when the wheels were finally, permanently coming off this way of running nations...ForgetThe Crown-what I really want is a Netflix show based on all these royal grandchildren.—Kelly Faircloth, Pictorial
In this enjoyable story for fans of royal machinations, Cadbury ably shows not just the successes, but also the damage inflicted by Victoria's single-mindedness. An instructive European history that effectively shows 'the influence of [Victoria's] matchmaking on the remarkable rise of the royal dynasty'.—Kirkus Reviews
[An] absorbing book... The fall of the Romanovs occupies the superb last pages of Cadbury's book... Dynastic mergers, we may deduce from Deborah Cadbury's account, offer no defence against the whims of history. This catastrophe-laced slice of royal history offers a ripping read.—Miranda Seymour, The Observer
Engrossing...Cadbury engagingly presents [Queen Victoria] as a mesmerising Mrs Bennet, summoning her children and then her grandchildren to Balmoral. ..The stories of [Queen Victoria's] descendants are mesmerising and often stranger than fiction...From the pen of a writer of skill and style, this surprising narrative leaves you wanting more.—Paula Byrne, The Times
Cadbury's
account
of
Victoria's
attempts
to
bend
her
unruly
grandchildren
to
her
matrimonial
will
is
the
stuff
of
melodrama...covered
with
verve
and
insight
by
Deborah
Cadbury
in
her
new
history.
—Daisy
Goodwin,
The
Sunday
TimesDeborah Cadbury is an adroit story teller. Her lively colourfully written book...begins in the 1880s and ends in the toppling thrones of the First World War, a panoramic family saga, its players by turns pragmatic and romantic, wilful, dutiful, misguided and, occasionally tragic—Matthew Dennison, The Daily Telegraph
A rich history of Queen Victoria's canny use of political power.—Bookpage
Ms. Cadbury stresses the human element of her story, not least the wayward personalities and unforeseen family rivalries that thwarted Victoria's designs as a monarch and matriarch... Many vivid pen portraits.—William Anthony Hay, Wall Street Journal
Fantastic...In lively and page-turning prose, author Deborah "Chocolate Wars" Cadbury confirms her place as a leading historian of Britain as she pulls Queen Victoria out of caricature and into our hearts.—Randy Dotinga, Christian Science Monitor
Queen Victoria's Matchmakingis a look at royalty when it still had a somewhat mystical aura-these people who were both the state and their own particular selves-and a fascinating angle on a time of ferment, when the wheels were finally, permanently coming off this way of running nations...ForgetThe Crown-what I really want is a Netflix show based on all these royal grandchildren.—Kelly Faircloth, Pictorial
Caracteristici
A book with an international appeal: Queen Victoria looked to secure husbands and wives for her grandchildren from the most powerful families across the world