Queen Victoria's matchmaking the royal marriages that shaped Europe
An exploration of Queen Victoria's matchmaking exploits details how she used her grandchildren to further the influence of the British Empire, despite their own plans and the turmoil that rocked Europe starting in the nineteenth century.
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PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC,
2017.
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| Edition: | First US edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Queen Victoria's matchmaking : |b the royal marriages that shaped Europe / |c Deborah Cadbury. |
| 250 | |a First US edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, |c 2017. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2017 | |
| 300 | |a 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-369) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Part one: Vain the ambition of kings 1887-1891 -- Prologue -- "A good sensible wife" -- Vicky and Frederick -- Ella and Sergei -- Alix and Eddy -- Eddy and Hélène -- Eddy and May -- Part two: The high summer of royalty 1892-1901 -- George and Missy -- Missy and Ferdinand -- George and May -- Nicholas and Alix -- Ena and Alfonso -- The fall. | |
| 520 | |a An exploration of Queen Victoria's matchmaking exploits details how she used her grandchildren to further the influence of the British Empire, despite their own plans and the turmoil that rocked Europe starting in the nineteenth century. | ||
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Victoria, |c Queen of Great Britain, |d 1819-1901. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Victoria, |c Queen of Great Britain, |d 1819-1901 |x Family. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Marriages of royalty and nobility |z Europe |x History |y 19th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Marriages of royalty and nobility |z Europe |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Albert, |c Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, |d 1819-1861. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Albert Victor, |c Prince, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, |d 1864-1892. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Alexander |b II, |c Emperor of Russia, |d 1818-1881. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Alexander |b III, |c Emperor of Russia, |d 1845-1894. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Alexandra, |c Empress, consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, |d 1872-1918. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Beatrice, |c Princess Henry of Battenberg, |d 1857-1944. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Edward |b VII, |c King of Great Britain, |d 1841-1910. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Alexandra, |c Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, |d 1844-1925. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Elisaveta Ḟeodorovna, |c Grand Duchess of Russia, Saint, |d 1864-1918. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Ernst Ludwig, |c Grand Duke of Hesse, |d 1868-1937. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Ferdinand |b I, |c King of Romania, |d 1865-1927. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a George |b V, |c King of Great Britain, |d 1865-1936. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Orléans, Hélène d', |c Princess of France, |d 1871-1951. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Milford Haven, Louis Alexander Mountbatten, |c Marquis of, |d 1854-1921. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Ludwig IV, |c Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, |d 1837-1892. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Marie Alexandrovna, |c Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, |d 1853-1920. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Marie, |c Queen, consort of Ferdinand I, King of Romania, |d 1875-1938. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Mary, |c Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, |d 1867-1953. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Alekseĭ Nikolaevich, |c Czarevitch, son of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, |d 1904-1918. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Sophia, |c Queen, consort of Constantine I, King of the Hellenes, |d 1870-1932. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Victoria, |c Empress, consort of Frederick III, German Emperor, |d 1840-1901. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Victoria Eugenia, |c Queen, consort of Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, |d 1887-1969. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a William |b II, |c German Emperor, |d 1859-1941. |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographies. |2 lcgft | |
| 775 | 0 | 8 | |i Reproduction of (manifesatation): |a Cadbury, Deborah. |t Queen Victoria's matchmaking |d London : Bloomsbury, 2017 |z 9781408852828 |
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