Charlotte And Leopold

Author : James Chambers
Publisher : Old Street Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781905847525
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Charlotte and Leopold written by James Chambers and published by Old Street Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chambers offers a vivid and sympathetic portrait of a couple whose lives are in many ways not their own. From the day she was born Charlotte won the hearts of her subjects. Yet, behind the scenes, she was used, abused and victimised by rivalries - between her parents; between her father (the Prince Regent, later George IV) and (Mad King) George III; between her tutors, governesses and other members of her discordant household; and ultimately between the Whig opposition and the Tory government." "Set in one of the most glamorous eras of British history, against the background of a famously dysfunctional royal family, Charlotte & Leopold: A Regency Romance is a moving, sometimes funny and always entertaining royal biography with an alluring contemporary resonance."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : James Chambers
Publisher : Old Street Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Charlotte & Leopold written by James Chambers and published by Old Street Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragic story of the doomed romance between Charlotte, heir to the English throne, and Leopold, uncle of Queen Victoria and first King of the Belgians. A story that Jane Austen famously declined to tell, declaring: “I could no more write a romance than an epic poem.” Charlotte was the only legitimate royal child of her generation, and her death in childbirth resulted in a public outpouring of grief the like of which was not to be seen again until the death of Diana, over 150 years later. Charlotte’s death was followed by an unseemly scramble to produce a substitute heir. Queen Victoria was the product. James Chambers masterfully demonstrates how the personal and the political inevitably collide in scheming post-Napoleonic Europe, offering a vivid and sympathetic portrait of a couple whose lives are in many ways not their own. From the day she was born, Charlotte won the hearts of her subjects and yet, behind the scenes, she was used, abused, and victimized by rivalries—between her parents; between her father (the Prince Regent, later King George IV) and (Mad) King George III; between her tutors, governesses, and other members of her discordant household; and ultimately between the Whig opposition and the Tory government. Set in one of the most glamorous eras of British history, against the background of a famously dysfunctional royal family, Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People’s Princess is an accessible, moving, funny, and entertaining royal biography with alluring contemporary resonance. James Chambers is a professional historian and author of many books on British and colonial history, including The Daily Telegraph History of the British Empire, which sold over 250,000 copies. He has also written extensively for television and made countless BBC TV and radio appearances.

Author : Robert Huish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 904 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Memoirs of Her Late Royal Highness Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales written by Robert Huish and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anne M Stott
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1526736462
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Lost Queen written by Anne M Stott and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the only child of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick, Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817) was the heiress presumptive to the throne. Her parents’ marriage had already broken up by the time she was born. She had a difficult childhood and a turbulent adolescence, but she was popular with the public, who looked to her to restore the good name of the monarchy. When she broke off her engagement to a Dutch prince, her father put her under virtual imprisonment and she endured a period of profound unhappiness. But she held out for the freedom to choose her husband, and when she married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg she finally achieved contentment. Her happiness was cruelly cut short when she died in childbirth at the age of twenty-one only eighteen months later. A shocked nation went into mourning for its ‘people’s princess’, the queen who never was.

Author : Charlotte of Saxe Caburg Saalféld
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Life and Memoirs of Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Charlotte of Saxe Coburg Saalféld written by Charlotte of Saxe Caburg Saalféld and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kate Williams
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448164664
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Becoming Queen written by Kate Williams and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our perception of Victoria the Queen is coloured by portraits of her older, widowed self - her dour expression embodying the repressive morality propagated in her time. But Becoming Queen reveals an energetic and vibrant woman, determined to battle for power. It also documents the Byzantine machinations behind Victoria's quest to occupy the throne, and shows how her struggles did not end when finally the crown was placed on her head. Laying bare the passions that swirled around the throne in the eighteenth century, Becoming Queen is an absorbingly dramatic tale of secrets, sexual repression and endless conflict. After her lauded biography of Emma Hamilton, England's Mistress, Kate Williams has produced a most original and intimate portrait of Great Britain's longest reigning monarch.

Author : C. Rachel Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Princess Charlotte of Wales written by C. Rachel Jones and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edwin B. HAMILTON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A Record of the Life and Death of ... the Princess Charlotte ... Fourth edition written by Edwin B. HAMILTON and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lady Rose Sophia Mary Fane Weigall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A Brief Memoir of the Princess Charlotte of Wales written by Lady Rose Sophia Mary Fane Weigall and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Desmond Ross Chambers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780857574749
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Charlotte & Leopold written by James Desmond Ross Chambers and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: