Queen Victoria's Children.
Bennett, Daphne.
Place Published: New York, N.Y.:
Publisher: St Martins Press,
Date Published: 1983.
Description: FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. The book is in VERY GOOD condition with Owner's name on the FFEP and many sentences and words underlined with comments on the margin throughout the book. The jacket is in VERY FINE condition with minor shelf wear. There are 143 pages. JMVINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and other curious subjects.The dust jacket reads: Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg produced nine children before his untimely death in 1861. There was plenty of rough and tumble in their nursery bur, under the tireless guidance of a forward=looking father, plenty of imaginative and original play too. There was vitality and talent-Vicky, sparkling and captivating as Winterhalter has immortalised her; Alice and Louise, sensitive and artistic; Alfred the mechanical genius; Helena, who was happiest on horseback; Arthur, mad on playing soldiers; Leopold, tragically haemophiliac and the devoted Beatrice, who looked after the widowed Queen at the cost of her own happiness.Daphne Bennett skilfully uses her new material to sketch the personality of each child in turn, but particular interest attaches to her treatment of the eldest son, the future King Edward VII. With cogent evidence she challenges the accepted view of Albert as a harsh father and Bertie as a misunderstood, amiable and long-suffering boy by conclusively demonstrating Bertie' s shortcomings and Albert's patience in the face of continual frustrations as well as his fears for the future of crown and country.
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good in Near Fine dj
ISBN: 0312660065
Book Id: 12225
Price: $23.75
