Author: Stanley Gibbons Publications LtdPublisher:
ISBN: 9780852597651
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Queen Victoria's Gene
Author: D M PottsPublisher: 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.
Author: Stanley Gibbons Publications Ltd
Author: Stanley GibbonsPlain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
Author: Charles FrancatelliPublisher: 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.
Author: Stanley Gibbons Publications
Author: HUGH. JEFFERIES
Author: Charles SneeEmpress Alexandra
Author: Melanie CleggPublisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 9781526723871
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
When Queen Victoria's second daughter Princess Alice married the Prince Louis of Hesse and Rhine in 1862 even her own mother described the ceremony as 'more of a funeral than a wedding' thanks to the fact that it took place shortly after the death of Alice's beloved father Prince Albert. Sadly, the young princess' misfortunes didn't end there and when she also died prematurely, her four motherless daughters were taken under the wing of their formidable grandmother, Victoria. Alix, the youngest of Alice's daughters and allegedly one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe, was a special favorite of the elderly queen, who hoped that she would marry her cousin Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and one day reign beside him as Queen. However, the spirited and stubborn Alix had other ideas...
Author: Marlene A. Eilers