Author: Feng Siniang
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647967066
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
Everyone in the Nangong Dynasty knew that she was stupid, stupid, and extremely ugly. However, good fortune had descended from the heavens, and she had been betrothed to the Crown Prince, despite her flaws, by the His Majesty. Such an enviable event had turned into a disaster for her. In order to completely get rid of her, the crown prince, Nan Gong Hou, had tricked her into the frozen lake, causing her to almost lose her life.When she woke up again, she was no longer the silly girl from before. She was only a wisp of an illusion returning to her soul. In order to fulfill her wish and Xiaoxiao's punishment of the man who harmed her, she was unexpectedly turned into a fool by his First Army. She didn't care in the slightest about the change from the future Crown Princess to the fool king's silly concubine, because at this time, she had made her own choice."
Silly Prince And Formidable Concubine
Author: Feng Siniang
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647967066
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
Everyone in the Nangong Dynasty knew that she was stupid, stupid, and extremely ugly. However, good fortune had descended from the heavens, and she had been betrothed to the Crown Prince, despite her flaws, by the His Majesty. Such an enviable event had turned into a disaster for her. In order to completely get rid of her, the crown prince, Nan Gong Hou, had tricked her into the frozen lake, causing her to almost lose her life.When she woke up again, she was no longer the silly girl from before. She was only a wisp of an illusion returning to her soul. In order to fulfill her wish and Xiaoxiao's punishment of the man who harmed her, she was unexpectedly turned into a fool by his First Army. She didn't care in the slightest about the change from the future Crown Princess to the fool king's silly concubine, because at this time, she had made her own choice."
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647967066
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
Everyone in the Nangong Dynasty knew that she was stupid, stupid, and extremely ugly. However, good fortune had descended from the heavens, and she had been betrothed to the Crown Prince, despite her flaws, by the His Majesty. Such an enviable event had turned into a disaster for her. In order to completely get rid of her, the crown prince, Nan Gong Hou, had tricked her into the frozen lake, causing her to almost lose her life.When she woke up again, she was no longer the silly girl from before. She was only a wisp of an illusion returning to her soul. In order to fulfill her wish and Xiaoxiao's punishment of the man who harmed her, she was unexpectedly turned into a fool by his First Army. She didn't care in the slightest about the change from the future Crown Princess to the fool king's silly concubine, because at this time, she had made her own choice."
The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort
Author: Sir Theodore Martin
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Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Languages : en
Pages : 562
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The Life of His Royal Highness, the Prince Consort
Author: Theodore Martin
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Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Languages : en
Pages : 562
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The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Etc. [With Plates, Including Portraits.]
Author: Theodore Martin
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Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Languages : en
Pages : 566
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The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort
Author: Sir Theodore Martin
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Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Pages : 568
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The King's Concubine
Author: Anne O'Brien
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101586672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
A child born in the plague year of 1348, abandoned and raised within the oppressive walls of a convent, Alice Perrers refused to take the veil, convinced that a greater destiny awaited her. Ambitious and quick witted, she rose above her obscure beginnings to become the infamous mistress of Edward III. But always, essentially, she was alone... Early in Alice’s life, a chance meeting with royalty changes everything: Kindly Queen Philippa, deeply in love with her husband but gravely ill, chooses Alice as a lady-in-waiting. Under the queen’s watchful eye, Alice dares to speak her mind. She demands to be taken seriously. She even flirts with the dynamic, much older king. But she is torn when her vibrant spirit captures his interest...and leads her to a betrayal she never intended. In Edward’s private chambers, Alice discovers the pleasures and paradoxes of her position. She is the queen’s confidante and the king’s lover, yet she can rely only on herself. It is a divided role she was destined to play, and she vows to play it until the bitter end. Even as she is swept up in Edward’s lavish and magnificent court, amassing wealth and influence for herself, becoming an enemy of his power-hungry son John of Gaunt, and a sparring partner to resourceful diplomat William de Windsor, she anticipates the day when the political winds will turn against her. For when her detractors voice their hatred,and accusations of treason swirl around her,threatening to destroy everything she has achieved, who will stand by Alice then? Includes a readers guide
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101586672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
A child born in the plague year of 1348, abandoned and raised within the oppressive walls of a convent, Alice Perrers refused to take the veil, convinced that a greater destiny awaited her. Ambitious and quick witted, she rose above her obscure beginnings to become the infamous mistress of Edward III. But always, essentially, she was alone... Early in Alice’s life, a chance meeting with royalty changes everything: Kindly Queen Philippa, deeply in love with her husband but gravely ill, chooses Alice as a lady-in-waiting. Under the queen’s watchful eye, Alice dares to speak her mind. She demands to be taken seriously. She even flirts with the dynamic, much older king. But she is torn when her vibrant spirit captures his interest...and leads her to a betrayal she never intended. In Edward’s private chambers, Alice discovers the pleasures and paradoxes of her position. She is the queen’s confidante and the king’s lover, yet she can rely only on herself. It is a divided role she was destined to play, and she vows to play it until the bitter end. Even as she is swept up in Edward’s lavish and magnificent court, amassing wealth and influence for herself, becoming an enemy of his power-hungry son John of Gaunt, and a sparring partner to resourceful diplomat William de Windsor, she anticipates the day when the political winds will turn against her. For when her detractors voice their hatred,and accusations of treason swirl around her,threatening to destroy everything she has achieved, who will stand by Alice then? Includes a readers guide
The Royal George
Author: Giles St Aubyn
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571281710
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Son of the eccentric Adolphus, seventh and favourite son of George III, Prince George was born in 1819 and was briefly heir presumptive to the throne of England until the birth that same year of his cousin Victoria. Instead he became George, second Duke of Cambridge, and rose to be Commander-in-Chief of the Army aged 37, holding that position for 39 years. Often considered a hidebound reactionary, he nonetheless took a keen interest in reform of the Army, and made considerable efforts to improve the soldier's lot. In the year that the title of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge was bestowed by HRH the Queen upon Prince William and Catherine Middleton on the morning of their wedding, this charming, substantial and formidably researched life of 'The Royal George' has a renewed topicality.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571281710
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Son of the eccentric Adolphus, seventh and favourite son of George III, Prince George was born in 1819 and was briefly heir presumptive to the throne of England until the birth that same year of his cousin Victoria. Instead he became George, second Duke of Cambridge, and rose to be Commander-in-Chief of the Army aged 37, holding that position for 39 years. Often considered a hidebound reactionary, he nonetheless took a keen interest in reform of the Army, and made considerable efforts to improve the soldier's lot. In the year that the title of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge was bestowed by HRH the Queen upon Prince William and Catherine Middleton on the morning of their wedding, this charming, substantial and formidably researched life of 'The Royal George' has a renewed topicality.
The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher
Author: Douglas Scott Brookes
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292783353
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
In the Western imagination, the Middle Eastern harem was a place of sex, debauchery, slavery, miscegenation, power, riches, and sheer abandon. But for the women and children who actually inhabited this realm of the imperial palace, the reality was vastly different. In this collection of translated memoirs, three women who lived in the Ottoman imperial harem in Istanbul between 1876 and 1924 offer a fascinating glimpse "behind the veil" into the lives of Muslim palace women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The memoirists are Filizten, concubine to Sultan Murad V; Princess Ayse, daughter of Sultan Abdulhamid II; and Safiye, a schoolteacher who instructed the grandchildren and harem ladies of Sultan Mehmed V. Their recollections of the Ottoman harem reveal the rigid protocol and hierarchy that governed the lives of the imperial family and concubines, as well as the hundreds of slave women and black eunuchs in service to them. The memoirists show that, far from being a place of debauchery, the harem was a family home in which polite and refined behavior prevailed. Douglas Brookes explains the social structure of the nineteenth-century Ottoman palace harem in his introduction. These three memoirs, written across a half century and by women of differing social classes, offer a fuller and richer portrait of the Ottoman imperial harem than has ever before been available in English.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292783353
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
In the Western imagination, the Middle Eastern harem was a place of sex, debauchery, slavery, miscegenation, power, riches, and sheer abandon. But for the women and children who actually inhabited this realm of the imperial palace, the reality was vastly different. In this collection of translated memoirs, three women who lived in the Ottoman imperial harem in Istanbul between 1876 and 1924 offer a fascinating glimpse "behind the veil" into the lives of Muslim palace women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The memoirists are Filizten, concubine to Sultan Murad V; Princess Ayse, daughter of Sultan Abdulhamid II; and Safiye, a schoolteacher who instructed the grandchildren and harem ladies of Sultan Mehmed V. Their recollections of the Ottoman harem reveal the rigid protocol and hierarchy that governed the lives of the imperial family and concubines, as well as the hundreds of slave women and black eunuchs in service to them. The memoirists show that, far from being a place of debauchery, the harem was a family home in which polite and refined behavior prevailed. Douglas Brookes explains the social structure of the nineteenth-century Ottoman palace harem in his introduction. These three memoirs, written across a half century and by women of differing social classes, offer a fuller and richer portrait of the Ottoman imperial harem than has ever before been available in English.
Cassell's Illustrated History of England: From the death of the Prince Consort to the Geneva Convention
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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The Sketch
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Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Languages : en
Pages : 564
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