Queen Victoria's Gene

Queen Victoria's Gene PDF Author: D M Potts
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752471961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
Queen Victoria's son, Prince Leopold, died from haemophilia, but no member of the royal family before his generation had suffered from the condition. Medically, there are only two possibilities: either one of Victoria's parents had a 1 in 50,000 random mutation, or Victoria was the illegitimate child of a haemophiliac man. However the haemophilia gene arose, it had a profound effect on history. Two of Victoria's daughters were silent carriers who passed the disease to the Spanish and Russian royal families. The disease played a role in the origin of the Spanish Civil War; and the tsarina's concern over her only son's haemophilia led to the entry of Rasputin into the royal household, contributing directly to the Russian revolution.

Great Britain

Great Britain PDF Author: Stanley Gibbons
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780852596210
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 339

Book Description
This edition contains definitive and commemorative stamp issues up to Spring 2006. The catalogue is an essential guide for one-country collectors.

Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes

Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes PDF Author: Charles Francatelli
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3861951266
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
The first cookery book for those who could not afford a cook - the so called working classes. First edited in 1852, this book is both: A rich source for traditional recipes and a picture of a changing society in the early 19th century.

Red Queen 4-Book Collection

Red Queen 4-Book Collection PDF Author: Victoria Aveyard
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062884689
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2064

Book Description
This ebook collection includes all four books in Victoria Aveyard’s #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen series: Red Queen, Glass Sword, King’s Cage, and War Storm. Power is a dangerous game. Mare Barrow, a lowly Red in a world of red-blooded laborers and silver-blooded elites, thought she knew what her future held. But when she learns that her red blood has been disguising a secret ability, one usually reserved only for Silvers, her life is turned upside down. How will the Silver ruling class keep her secret hidden from the increasingly restless Red population and their Scarlet Guard revolutionaries? And how will Mare use her sudden power to change the caste system, the kingdom, and the world—forever? With every book in Victoria Aveyard’s blockbuster Red Queen quartet in one digital collection, you can follow this series from the spark that began everything all the way to the electrifying conclusion. Plus don't miss Realm Breaker! Irresistibly action-packed and full of lethal surprises, this stunning fantasy series from Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Red Queen series, begins where hope is lost and asks: When the heroes have fallen, who will take up the sword?
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