Queen Anne the politics of passion
An assessment of the short twelve-year reign of Britain's last Stuart monarch recounts how she united England and Scotland as a sovereign state, offering additional insight into the military victories that laid the foundations for Britain's future naval and colonial supremacy.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2013.
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| Summary: | An assessment of the short twelve-year reign of Britain's last Stuart monarch recounts how she united England and Scotland as a sovereign state, offering additional insight into the military victories that laid the foundations for Britain's future naval and colonial supremacy. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 621 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, genealogical table ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [549]-597) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780307962881 (HRD) 0307962881 (HRD) |
| Author Notes: | Anne Somerset was born in London and graduated from King's College, London. She is the author of The Life and Times of King William IV, Ladies in Waiting and Elizabeth I . She has worked as a research assistant for several historians, among them Antonia Fraser. Somerset, the daughter of the 11th Duke of Beaufort, lives in London. |
