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_b.C25 2017
082 0 4 _a941.081092
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100 1 _aCadbury, Deborah,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aQueen Victoria's matchmaking : the royal marriages that shaped Europe
250 _aFirst US edition.
300 _a382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 331-369) and index.
505 0 _aPart one: Vain the ambition of kings 1887-1891 -- Prologue -- "A good sensible wife" -- Vicky and Frederick -- Ella and Sergei -- Alix and Eddy -- Eddy and Helene -- 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 _aAn 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 _aVictoria,
_cQueen of Great Britain,
_d1819-1901.
_910890
600 0 0 _aVictoria,
_cQueen of Great Britain,
_d1819-1901
_xFamily.
_966293
650 0 _aMarriages of royalty and nobility
_zEurope
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_966294
650 0 _aMarriages of royalty and nobility
_zEurope
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_966295
655 7 _aBiographies.
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775 0 8 _iReproduction of (manifesatation):
_aCadbury, Deborah.
_tQueen Victoria's matchmaking
_dLondon : Bloomsbury, 2017
_z9781408852828
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