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The lost queen
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- Book Synopsis
- As the only child of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick, Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817) was the heiress presumptive to the throne. Her parents' marriage had already broken up by the time she was born. She had a difficult childhood and a turbulent adolescence, but she was popular with the public, who looked to her to restore the good name of the monarchy. When she broke off her engagement to a Dutch prince, her father put her under virtual imprisonment and she endured a period of profound unhappiness. But she held out for the freedom to choose her husband, and when she married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg she finally achieved contentment. Her happiness was cruelly cut short when she died in childbirth at the age of twenty-one only eighteen months later. A shocked nation went into mourning for its 'people's princess', the queen who never was.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781526736437
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword History, (03 February 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 336
- Weight
- 760 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 x 31 mm
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