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Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages That Shaped Europe

by Deborah Cadbury
Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages That Shaped Europe
Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages That Shaped Europe

Strategic royal marriages shape European history.

If the intricate webs of European royal politics intrigue you, "Queen Victoria's Matchmaking" is a must-read. Deborah Cadbury delves into the personal and political with a narrative that feels both intimate and enlightening. It's a fascinating glimpse into how Queen Victoria's personal ambitions influenced the continent's geopolitical landscape, all told with the drama and charm of a novel yet grounded in historical research.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages That Shaped Europe

by Deborah Cadbury
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ISBN: 9781408852828
Authors: Deborah Cadbury
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of Publication: 2017-09-07
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Politics
Related Topics: Biography, European History, History, Historical, Politics
Goodreads rating: 4.04
(rated by 2161 readers)

Description

A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted most international power and her role as matchmaking grandmother. In the late nineteenth century, Queen Victoria had over thirty surviving grandchildren. To maintain and increase power in Europe, she hoped to manoeuvre them into dynastic marriages. In her sights was royalty from across the world. Yet for all their seeming obedience, her grandchildren often had plans of their own, plans fuelled by strong wills and romantic hearts. Her matchmaking plans were only further complicated by their coinciding with tumultuous international upheavals; revolution and war were in the air and after her death, her most carefully laid plans fell to ruin. Queen Victoria's Matchmaking travels through the most glittering, decadent palaces of Russia and Europe, weaving in scandals, political machinations and family tensions, to enthralling effect. It is at once an intimate portrait of the royal family and an examination of the conflict caused by the power, love and duty that shaped the marriages that Queen Victoria arranged. At the heart of it all is Queen Victoria, doting grandmother one moment, determined manipulator the next.
 

Strategic royal marriages shape European history.

If the intricate webs of European royal politics intrigue you, "Queen Victoria's Matchmaking" is a must-read. Deborah Cadbury delves into the personal and political with a narrative that feels both intimate and enlightening. It's a fascinating glimpse into how Queen Victoria's personal ambitions influenced the continent's geopolitical landscape, all told with the drama and charm of a novel yet grounded in historical research.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.