A Family of Kings: The Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark by Theo Aronson
In 1863, Queen Victoria decreed that Edward, Prince of Wales, should marry Princess Alexandra, daughter of the obscure and unsophisticated heir to the Danish throne. The beauty, grace and charm of Prince Christian's daughter had prevailed over the Queen's intense dislike of the Danish royal house, and had even persuaded the embarrassingly difficult Bertie to agree to the match.
Thus began the fairy-tale saga of a family that handed on its good looks, unaffectedness, and democratic manners to almost every royal house of modern Europe.
A Family of Kings is the story of the crowned children and grandchildren of Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark, focusing on the half-century before the First World War. It is an intimate, domestic study of a close-knit family, the individual personalities, and the courts to which they came. Without doubt, the chic and beautiful Alexandra epitomized the spectacular flowering of the Danish dynasty; and just as she brought an unprecedented popularity to the sobriety of the English court, so her brothers and sisters helped enliven the staid European scene.
Theo Aronson is the author of over twenty works of royal historical biography, published in eleven languages. Among the widely read are Grandmama of Europe, The King in Love, and Napoleon and Josephine.
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Life in the Muscle Shoals by Kenneth R. Johnson
according to the author "a comprehensive history" of Muscle Shoals in Northwest Alabama has never been written. Straightforward and unpretentious, Johnson not only reveals the historical significance of the Muscle Shoals area, but he is also a captivating storyteller. His Muscle Shoals History is a combination of textbook accuracy and campfire romance, a volume that will not only entertain local citizens, but will also appeal to history lovers everywhere
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