Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe
A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted most international power and influence: as a matchmaking grandmother.
By the 1890s, Queen Victoria had over thirty grandchildren, a…
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Blood, Fire and Gold: The story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici
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