Description: |
viii, 480 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits, chart, genealogical table ; 25 cm |
Summary: |
Documents how a betrayed Elizabeth Stuart, the daughter of James I, raised her four daughters in exile during the Dutch Golden Age, tracing how their stories shaped a three-decade war and fulfilled the promises of their great-grandmother, Mary Queen of Scots. |
Contents: |
Selected genealogy of the Stuart family -- Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen, granddaughter of Mary, Queen of Scots -- The daughters of the Winter Queen: Princess Elizabeth, Louise Hollandine, Henrietta Maria, and Sophia -- The legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots. |
Bibliog.: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-467) and index. |
Subject: |
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1662.
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Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1662 -- Family.
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Elisabeth, Countess Palatine, 1618-1680.
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Louise Hollandine, Countess Palatine, Abbess of Maubuisson, 1622-1709.
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Sophia, Electress, consort of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1630-1714.
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Queens -- Czech Republic -- Bohemia -- Biography.
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Princesses -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Genre: |
Biographies.
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ISBN/ISSN: |
9780316387910 (hardcover) |
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0316387916 (hardcover) |
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