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  • Seven Sisters

    Captives and Rebels in Revolutionary Europe's First Family

    by Veronica Buckley ...
    A spirited, poignant history of the seven daughters of the great Empress Maria Theresia—among them, Queen Marie Antoinette of France—tracing their lives as they balanced dynastic duty with personal ambition in a time of revolutionary cataclysm“Others make war; you, happy Austria, marry.”For three centuries, the astute positioning of their many princesses and princes had kept the Habsburgs at the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Christina Queen of Sweden

    The Restless Life of a European Eccentric

    by Veronica Buckley ...
    The groundbreaking biography of one of the most progressive, influential and entertaining women of the seventeenth century, Christina Alexandra, Queen of Sweden.In 1654, to the astonishment and dismay of her court, Christina Alexandra announced her abdication in favour of her cousin, Charles. Instrumental in bringing the Thirty Years War to a close at the age of 22, Christina had become one of the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Secret Wife of Louis XIV

    Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon

    by Veronica Buckley ...
    Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon and secret wife of the Sun King, Louis XIV, was born in a bleak French prison in 1635, her father a condemned traitor and murderer, her mother the warden's seduced daughter. A timely pardon and a hopeful Caribbean colonial venture failed to mend the family's fortunes, and Françoise was reduced to begging in the streets. Yet, armed with beauty, intellect, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Seven Sisters

    Captives and Rebels in Revolutionary Europe's First Family

    by Veronica Buckley ...
    Narrated by Ell Potter ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 20 min

    A spirited, poignant history of the seven daughters of the great Empress Maria Theresia—among them, Queen Marie Antoinette of France—tracing their lives as they balanced dynastic duty with personal ambition in a time of revolutionary cataclysm“Others make war; you, happy Austria, marry.”For three centuries, the astute positioning of their many princesses and princes had kept the Habsburgs at the ... Read more

    $30.00 USD

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    How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette

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    "Cadbury lays out in fascinating detail the historical mystery of the royal heir . . . and uses modern science to try to solve it." — The Wall Street JournalIn 1793, when Marie Antoinette was beheaded at the guillotine during the French Revolution, she left her adored eight-year-old son, Louis Charles, imprisoned in the Temple Tower. Far from inheriting a throne, the orphaned boy-king had to ... Read more

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  • The Last of the Duchess

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  • Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter

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  • BEATRICE The Cadbury Heiress Who Gave Away Her Fortune

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    by Donna Leon ...
    The New York Times–bestselling author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti series takes readers beyond the Venice police force in her first standalone novel.Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian, and like so many of them, she's had to leave home to pursue her career. With a doctorate in baroque opera from Vienna, she lands in Manchester, England. Manchester, however, is no Venice. When Caterina ... Read more

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  • Matriarch

    Queen Mary and the House of Windsor

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    The life of Princess May of Teck is one of the great Cinderella stories in history. From a family of impoverished nobility, she was chosen by Queen Victoria as the bride for her eldest grandson, the scandalous Duke of Clarence, heir to the throne, who died mysteriously before their marriage. Despite this setback, she became queen, mother of two kings, grandmother of the current queen, and a ... Read more

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