Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Brides
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743296370 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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An interesting book from an "insider" Sombervasi Crowned in a Far Country contains seven chapters about eight royal brides, covering their life from childhood and family background through marriage to later years. It provides a number of interesting details about them.It reads well. The author is Princess Michael of Kent, who. L. Stein said nice, but not more than that.. I found the book to be informative, easy to read yet the writing was somewhat simple, without depth. What I mean is, that the stories were interesting (to me or any other royal watcher) yet I wasn't captivated.It was a book which gave me information, but I can't say "I couldn't. "Five Stars" according to Cammie M. Royce. I love her history of the past and the person. A very interesting book.
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For more than ten years, the Princess has pursued a successful career lecturing on historical topics. She lives with her husband, Prince Michael of Kent, in Kensington Palace in London and in their seventeenth-century manor house in Gloucestershire, England. . Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent is the author of two previous books, Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Brides and Cupid and the King: Five Royal Paramours
More than just a window into the politics and power brokering of royal marriage, Crowned in a Far Country charts the transformations of privileged princesses into women of power and historical importance.. Some were good wives; some were caring mothers. They were all catalysts, the pivots of their worlds for a time. Though of eminent birth and status in their own right, the women of Crowned in a Far Country all left the countries of their birth to marry heirs to great thrones. They all shared an inbred sense of duty and a genuine desire to see it performed. None fought against what she saw as her destiny but only sought to fulfill it. Some were passionate, others less so