Queen Victoria's youngest son : the untold story of Prince Leopold by Zeepvat, Charlotte instant download

Queen Victoria's youngest son : the untold story of Prince Leopold by Zeepvat, Charlotte instant download

vi, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84), is acknowledged to have been the most intelligent of Victoria's offspring. A compelling human story which also touches on the wider worlds of late nineteenth-century Oxford and of literature, art and politics in the Victorian period, this book examines the question of haemophilia and the royal family from a new angle, at the first appearance of the condition. It also presents a full and balanced picture of Leopold's relationship with his mother, looking beyond snapshots of individual quarrels between mother and son. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, was the first royal haemophiliac and also an epileptic. His story touches on the wider worlds of late 19th century Oxford and of literature, art and politics in the Victorian period, and presents a picture of Leopold's relationship with his mother, Originally published as: Prince Leopold, Includes bibliographical references and index