Author: Henry WoodheadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden
Author: Henry WoodheadMemoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden
Author: Henry WoodheadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sweden
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Christina Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric
Author: Veronica BuckleyPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007391153
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
The groundbreaking biography of one of the most progressive, influential and entertaining women of the seventeenth century, Christina Alexandra, Queen of Sweden.
Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden
Author: Henry WoodheadQueen Christina
Author: Georgina MassonPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a biography of Kristina of Sweden who would have preferred to have been a man and in reality behaved like one, who loved power but had to abdicate the Swedish throne. Nevertheless she never ceased for a moment to be royal. The author recounts her life in 17th century Sweden and later in Rome. (Publisher).
Kristina, the Girl King
Author: Carolyn MeyerPublisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439249768
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Carolyn Meyer, author of best-selling ROYAL DIARIES Isabel and Anastasia, now brings to the series this compelling story of Kristina, The Girl King, from 17th-century Sweden. Upon discovering that their newborn infant was, in fact, female and not male as first thought, Queen Marie Eleonore wailed inconsolably and King Gustavus Adolphus declared, nevertheless, that the child be raised as a prince. At age six, upon the death of her father, the child Kristina, was proclaimed King of Sweden, with regents assigned to council until she assumes the throne at age eighteen. And indeed, her life followed her father's plan. We meet Kristina when she's almost twelve years old and eschewing feminine practices but reveling in the study of military tactics,
Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden
Author: Henry WoodheadPublisher:
ISBN: 9780371133798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
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The Works of Christina Queen of Sweden
Author: Christina (Queen of Sweden)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Works of Christina Queen of Sweden. Containing Maxims and Sentences, in Twelve Centuries; and Reflections on the Life and Actions of Alexander the Great. Now First Translated from the Original French. To which is Prefix'd, an Account of Her Life, Character and Writings, by the Translator
Author: Christina (Queen of Sweden)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Memoirs Of Sophia
Author: Consort Of Ernest Sophia (ElectressPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016177153
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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