Born to Rule

Author: Julia P. Gelardi
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429904550
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 506

Book Description
Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an historical tour de force that weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the 20th century, and it was their reaction to the First World War that shaped the fate of a continent and the future of the modern world. Here are the stories of Alexandra, whose enduring love story, controversial faith in Rasputin, and tragic end have become the stuff of legend; Marie, the flamboyant and eccentric queen who battled her way through a life of intrigues and was also the mother of two Balkan queens and of the scandalous Carol II of Romania; Victoria Eugenie, Spain's very English queen who, like Alexandra, introduced hemophilia into her husband's family-with devastating consequences for her marriage; Maud, King Edward VII's daughter, who was independent Norway's reluctant queen; and Sophie, Kaiser Wilhelm II's much maligned sister, daughter of an Emperor and herself the mother of no less than three kings and a queen, who ended her days in bitter exile. Born to Rule evokes a world of luxury, wealth, and power in a bygone era, while also recounting the ordeals suffered by a unique group of royal women who at times faced poverty, exile, and death. Praised in their lifetimes for their legendary beauty, many of these women were also lauded-and reviled-for their political influence. Using never before published letters, memoirs, diplomatic documents, secondary sources, and interviews with descendents of the subjects, Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an astonishing and memorable work of popular history.

Born to Rule

Author: Aaron S. Reeves
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674257715
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
This data-rich sociological study uses everything from census figures to Who's Who to analyze how, over 125 years, the British elite have used status, elite education, and powerful social networks to shape politics and cultural values. But what happens when elites begin to change--in what they look like, value, and how they position themselves?

Born to Rule

Author: Paddy Manning
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522868819
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
Born to Rule is the unauthorised biography that unravels the many layers of the man who has just become the 29th Prime Minister of Australia. The highs and lows of Malcolm Turnbull's remarkable career are documented here in technicolour detail by journalist Paddy Manning. Based on countless interviews and painstaking research, it is a forensic investigation into one of Australia's most celebrated overachievers. Turnbull's relentless energy and quest for achievement have taken him from exclusive Point Piper to Oxford University; from beating the Thatcher government in the Spycatcher trial to losing the referendum on the republic; from defending the late Kerry Packer—codenamed Goanna—in the Costigan Royal Commission to defending his own role in the failure of HIH, Australia's biggest corporate collapse. He was involved in the unravelling of the Tourang bid for Fairfax, struck it rich as co-founder of OzEmail, and fought his own hotly contested battle for Wentworth. As opposition leader he was duped by Godwin Grech's 'Utegate' fiasco; as the most tech-savvy communications minister he oversaw a nobbled NBN scheme. And now he has assumed the leadership of the Liberal Party for the second time after wresting the prime ministership from first-term PM Tony Abbott. Will Turnbull crash and burn as he has before or has his entire tumultuous life been a rehearsal for this moment?

Born to Rule

Author: Tah Asongwed
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9956558427
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Born to Rule is the autobiography of an African-president monarch who does not want to pass away without leaving anything in writing to future generations. The book is more than just the autobiography of a president in that it has responded to all the key issues that most people have been asking about the development and underdevelopment of Africa. It is a seminal contribution to the world's collective knowledge of African and world history. At times it is compellingly incisive, satiric, and tongue-in-cheek and, in some places, trenchantly hard-hitting and humorous in its brutal portrayal of the way Mandzah and, by extension, the African continent, is managed and mismanaged.

Born to Rule

Author: Christian Santiago
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733403023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
IT'S TIME YOU STOPPED LIVING SMALL AND STARTED SEEING THE REAL YOU. Did you know when God made you, He did it with something greater in mind than how you're currently living? Believe it or not, God created you with the intention to rule on Earth as He rules in Heaven. Unfortunately, this birthright we all have deep within us has either been lost or buried. There's good news, though: the birthright to rule can be reclaimed. In Born To Rule, you will journey back to the beginning to rediscover the primary purpose for mankind and learn how to actualize this purpose into every area of your life. After all, rulership is why you were created. In This Book You Will: - Reclaim your birthright to rule on Earth as your Father rules in Heaven - Restore your identity as a King or Queen under God - Rewire your mind with Rulership Beliefs

Born to Be Giants

Author: Lita Judge
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596434430
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description
Through easy to read text, this book shows readers how baby dinosaurs grew up to be giants.

Born to Destroy

Author: Winifred Rule
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692208199
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Calixtus II (1119-1124): A Pope Born to Rule

Author: Mary Stroll
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 904741411X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560

Book Description
This new interpretation of the reign of Calixtus II (1119-1124) challenges the conventional analysis explaining why this life-long opponent of the emperor, Henry V, agreed to compromise over imperial investitures of bishops in the Concordat of Worms of 1122.

Rule Britannia

Author: Danny Dorling
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1785904566
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
Things fall apart when empires crumble. This time, we think, things will be different. They are not. This time, we are told, we will become great again. We will not. In this new edition of the hugely successful Rule Britannia, Danny Dorling and Sally Tomlinson argue that the vote to leave the EU was the last gasp of the old empire working its way out of the British psyche. Fuelled by a misplaced nostalgia, the result was driven by a lack of knowledge of Britain's imperial history, by a profound anxiety about Britain's status today, and by a deeply unrealistic vision of our future.

Why First-borns Rule the World and Later-borns Want to Change It

Author: Michael Grose
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1760145815
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
There are many factors affecting a child’s personality and the adult they become, but the least understood is birth order. Why is it that children in a family can share the same gene pool, a similar socio-economic environment and experience similar parenting styles yet have fundamentally different personalities, interests and even different careers as adults? Birth order! The implications for parents, teachers and adults involved with children are many. First published in 2003 to great acclaim, this fully revised and updated edition seeks to increase the reader’s understanding of birth order theory, including the impact of a child’s broader social environment and the rise of the standard two-child family, where the second-born is simultaneously the last-born. It will enable you to delve a little deeper and look for the constellation of positions within a family, giving you a clearer picture of your own quirks and ambitions, along with those of your siblings, children, partner, workmates, friends and colleagues. Addressing multiple births, children with a disability, genetic engineering, blended families, gender balance, only children and birth-order balance in the workplace, parenting expert and father of three Michael Grose challenges parents to raise each child differently according to his or her birth order.