Author: Victoria (Queen of Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Originally published in 1990, a selection from the private correspondence between Queen Victoria and her eldest daughter, Victoria, with letters covering their reactions to domestic and political affairs of the time.
Beloved and Darling Child
Author: Victoria (Queen of Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Originally published in 1990, a selection from the private correspondence between Queen Victoria and her eldest daughter, Victoria, with letters covering their reactions to domestic and political affairs of the time.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Originally published in 1990, a selection from the private correspondence between Queen Victoria and her eldest daughter, Victoria, with letters covering their reactions to domestic and political affairs of the time.
All Aboard! London
Author: Haily Meyers
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1423642422
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A train travels past London's various landmarks, from Big Ben and the Gherkin to the Tower Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral.
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1423642422
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A train travels past London's various landmarks, from Big Ben and the Gherkin to the Tower Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral.
Edward VII's Children
Author: John Kiste
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752495178
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra had six children. Of the five who reached maturity, only one, the future King George V, has received much attention from biographers. The eldest son, Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, a backward youth and a subject of scandal, died before he was thirty. The three princesses, Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, the lifelong spinster Victoria, and Maud, Queen of Norway, were never well-known to the British public during their lifetime. In this detailed and fascinating account, John Van der Kiste has drawn upon previously unpublished correspondence from the Royal Archives, Windsor, to reveal for the first time the part this hitherto neglected group of characters played in supporting the royal family and crown during a period of transition from the Victorian age to the uncertain twentieth century.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752495178
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra had six children. Of the five who reached maturity, only one, the future King George V, has received much attention from biographers. The eldest son, Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, a backward youth and a subject of scandal, died before he was thirty. The three princesses, Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, the lifelong spinster Victoria, and Maud, Queen of Norway, were never well-known to the British public during their lifetime. In this detailed and fascinating account, John Van der Kiste has drawn upon previously unpublished correspondence from the Royal Archives, Windsor, to reveal for the first time the part this hitherto neglected group of characters played in supporting the royal family and crown during a period of transition from the Victorian age to the uncertain twentieth century.
Born to Rule
Author: Julia P. Gelardi
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312324247
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
"This book weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the twentieth century, and it was their reaction to the First World War that shaped the fate of a continent and the future of the modern world." "Here are the stories of Alexandra, whose enduring love story, controversial faith in Rasputin, and tragic end have become the stuff of legend; Marie, the flamboyant and eccentric queen who battled her way through a life of intrigues and was also the mother of two Balkan queens and of the scandalous Carol II of Romania; Victoria Eugenie, Spain's very English queen who, like Alexandra, introduced hemophilia into her husband's family - with devastating consequences for her marriage; Maud, King Edward VII's daughter, who was independent Norway's reluctant queen; and Sophie, Kaiser Wilhelm II's much-maligned sister, daughter of an emperor, and herself the mother of no fewer than three kings and a queen, who ended her days in bitter exile."--Jacket.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312324247
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
"This book weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the twentieth century, and it was their reaction to the First World War that shaped the fate of a continent and the future of the modern world." "Here are the stories of Alexandra, whose enduring love story, controversial faith in Rasputin, and tragic end have become the stuff of legend; Marie, the flamboyant and eccentric queen who battled her way through a life of intrigues and was also the mother of two Balkan queens and of the scandalous Carol II of Romania; Victoria Eugenie, Spain's very English queen who, like Alexandra, introduced hemophilia into her husband's family - with devastating consequences for her marriage; Maud, King Edward VII's daughter, who was independent Norway's reluctant queen; and Sophie, Kaiser Wilhelm II's much-maligned sister, daughter of an emperor, and herself the mother of no fewer than three kings and a queen, who ended her days in bitter exile."--Jacket.
In Triumph's Wake
Author: Julia P. Gelardi
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466823682
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
The powerful and moving story of three royal mothers whose quest for power led to the downfall of their daughters. Queen Isabella of Castile, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and Queen Victoria of England were respected and admired rulers whose legacies continue to be felt today. Their daughters—Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Queen Marie Antoinette of France; and Vicky, the Empress Frederick of Germany—are equally legendary for the tragedies that befell them, their roles in history surpassed by their triumphant mothers. In Triumph's Wake is the first book to bring together the poignant stories of these mothers and daughters in a single narrative. Isabella of Castile forged a united Spain and presided over the discovery of the New World, Maria Theresa defeated her male rivals to claim the Imperial Crown, and Victoria presided over the British Empire. But, because of their ambition and political machinations, each mother pushed her daughter toward a marital alliance that resulted in disaster. Catherine of Aragon was cruelly abandoned by Henry VIII who cast her aside in search of a male heir and tore England away from the Pope. Marie Antoinette lost her head on the guillotine when France exploded into Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Vicky died grief-stricken, horrified at her inability to prevent her son, Kaiser Wilhelm, from setting Germany on a belligerent trajectory that eventually led to war. Exhaustively researched and utterly compelling, In Triumph's Wake is the story of three unusually strong women and the devastating consequences their decisions had on the lives of their equally extraordinary daughters.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466823682
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
The powerful and moving story of three royal mothers whose quest for power led to the downfall of their daughters. Queen Isabella of Castile, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and Queen Victoria of England were respected and admired rulers whose legacies continue to be felt today. Their daughters—Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Queen Marie Antoinette of France; and Vicky, the Empress Frederick of Germany—are equally legendary for the tragedies that befell them, their roles in history surpassed by their triumphant mothers. In Triumph's Wake is the first book to bring together the poignant stories of these mothers and daughters in a single narrative. Isabella of Castile forged a united Spain and presided over the discovery of the New World, Maria Theresa defeated her male rivals to claim the Imperial Crown, and Victoria presided over the British Empire. But, because of their ambition and political machinations, each mother pushed her daughter toward a marital alliance that resulted in disaster. Catherine of Aragon was cruelly abandoned by Henry VIII who cast her aside in search of a male heir and tore England away from the Pope. Marie Antoinette lost her head on the guillotine when France exploded into Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Vicky died grief-stricken, horrified at her inability to prevent her son, Kaiser Wilhelm, from setting Germany on a belligerent trajectory that eventually led to war. Exhaustively researched and utterly compelling, In Triumph's Wake is the story of three unusually strong women and the devastating consequences their decisions had on the lives of their equally extraordinary daughters.
Darling Baby
Author: Maira Kalman
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 9780316330626
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Based on the journal she kept when her granddaughter was new, Maira Kalman shares observations about a summer spent with a baby"--
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 9780316330626
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Based on the journal she kept when her granddaughter was new, Maira Kalman shares observations about a summer spent with a baby"--
Victoria
Author: Catherine Reef
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544716140
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
A captivating biography about Queen Victoria (1819-1901), one of England's most fascinating royals. Her long reign was filled with drama, death, intrigue, and passion, and took place during a time of great transformation, an era that bears her name--the Victorian period. Full color. 8 x 10.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544716140
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
A captivating biography about Queen Victoria (1819-1901), one of England's most fascinating royals. Her long reign was filled with drama, death, intrigue, and passion, and took place during a time of great transformation, an era that bears her name--the Victorian period. Full color. 8 x 10.
Forgotten Children
Author: Linda A. Pollock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521271332
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
'The history of childhood is an area so full of errors, distortion and misinterpretation that I thought it vital, if progress were to be made, to supply a clear review of the information on childhood contained in such sources as diaries and autobiographies.' Dr Pollock's statement in her Preface will startle readers who have not questioned the validity of recent theories on the evolution of childhood and the treatment of children, theories which see a movement from a situation where the concept of childhood was almost absent, and children were cruelly treated, to our present western recognition that children are different and should be treated with love and affection. Linda examines this thesis particularly through the close and careful analysis of some hundreds of English and American primary sources. Through these sources, she has been able to reconstruct, probably for the first time, a genuine picture of childhood in the past, and it is a much more humane and optimistic picture than the current stereotype. Her book contains a mass of novel and original material on child-rearing practices and the relations of parents and children, and sets this in the wider framework of developmental psychology, socio-biology and social anthropology. Forgotten Children admirably fulfils the aim of its author. In the face of this scholarly and elegant account of the continuity of parental care, few will now be able to argue for dramatic transformations in the twentieth century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521271332
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
'The history of childhood is an area so full of errors, distortion and misinterpretation that I thought it vital, if progress were to be made, to supply a clear review of the information on childhood contained in such sources as diaries and autobiographies.' Dr Pollock's statement in her Preface will startle readers who have not questioned the validity of recent theories on the evolution of childhood and the treatment of children, theories which see a movement from a situation where the concept of childhood was almost absent, and children were cruelly treated, to our present western recognition that children are different and should be treated with love and affection. Linda examines this thesis particularly through the close and careful analysis of some hundreds of English and American primary sources. Through these sources, she has been able to reconstruct, probably for the first time, a genuine picture of childhood in the past, and it is a much more humane and optimistic picture than the current stereotype. Her book contains a mass of novel and original material on child-rearing practices and the relations of parents and children, and sets this in the wider framework of developmental psychology, socio-biology and social anthropology. Forgotten Children admirably fulfils the aim of its author. In the face of this scholarly and elegant account of the continuity of parental care, few will now be able to argue for dramatic transformations in the twentieth century.
The Ballad of Valentine
Author: Alison Jackson
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Reviewers and readers really loved this hilarious and pitch-perfect Valentines Day picture book, set to the familiar rhythms of Clementine. Alison Jackson, author of the Thanksgiving favorite I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie, cleverly replaces the heroine of Clementine with a dreamy girl named Valentine who keeps missing whats right in front of her nose: the love letters being sent her way by a smitten admirer. Brought to life by the larky illustrations of Tricia Tusa, this silly and sweet tale is perfect for little valentines as well as grown-up sweethearts.
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Reviewers and readers really loved this hilarious and pitch-perfect Valentines Day picture book, set to the familiar rhythms of Clementine. Alison Jackson, author of the Thanksgiving favorite I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie, cleverly replaces the heroine of Clementine with a dreamy girl named Valentine who keeps missing whats right in front of her nose: the love letters being sent her way by a smitten admirer. Brought to life by the larky illustrations of Tricia Tusa, this silly and sweet tale is perfect for little valentines as well as grown-up sweethearts.
Queen Victoria's Children
Author: Van der Kiste
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752473247
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort had nine children who despite their very different characters, remained a close-knit family. Inevitably, as they married into European royal families their loyalties were divided and their lives dominated by political controversy. This is not only the story of their lives in terms of world impact, but also of their own personal achievements, their individual contributions to public life in Britain and overseas and in their roles as the children of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752473247
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort had nine children who despite their very different characters, remained a close-knit family. Inevitably, as they married into European royal families their loyalties were divided and their lives dominated by political controversy. This is not only the story of their lives in terms of world impact, but also of their own personal achievements, their individual contributions to public life in Britain and overseas and in their roles as the children of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort.