Historical Calendar of the Princess Louise's 91st (originally 98th) Highlanders PDF Download

Author: Lucinda Hawksley
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466863900
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden forever. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumor and gossip than hard facts? When Lucinda Hawksley started to investigate, often thwarted by inexplicable secrecy, she discovered a fascinating woman, modern before her time, whose story has been shielded for years from public view. Louise was a sculptor and painter, friend to the Pre-Raphaelites and a keen member of the Aesthetic movement. The most feisty of the Victorian princesses, she kicked against her mother's controlling nature and remained fiercely loyal to her brothers-especially the sickly Leopold and the much-maligned Bertie. She sought out other unconventional women, including Josephine Butler and George Eliot, and campaigned for education and health reform and for the rights of women. She battled with her indomitable mother for permission to practice the "masculine" art of sculpture and go to art college-and in doing so became the first British princess to attend a public school. The rumors of Louise's colorful love life persist even today, with hints of love affairs dating as far back as her teenage years, and notable scandals included entanglements with her sculpting tutor Joseph Edgar Boehm and possibly even her sister Princess Beatrice's handsome husband, Liko. True to rebellious form, she refused all royal suitors and became the first member of the royal family, since the sixteenth century, to marry a commoner. She moved with him to Canada when he was appointed Governor-General. Spirited and lively, Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter is richly packed with arguments, intrigues, scandals, and secrets, and is a vivid portrait of a princess desperate to escape her inheritance.

Author: Jehanne Wake
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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Biografie van de Engelse prinses (1848-1939).

Author: Elizabeth Longford
Publisher: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
ISBN: 9780297811794
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 325

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Author: Clara Louise Burnham
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434427692
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author: Louise (Princess of Belgium)
Publisher:
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Category : Courts and courtiers
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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Author: Great Britain. Army. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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Author: John Percy Groves
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Author: Marie Princess Louise
Publisher:
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Category : Princes
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Mrs. Matthew Hall
Publisher:
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Category : Princes
Languages : en
Pages : 556

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Author: Jo Devereux
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786494093
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 265

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When women were admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1860, female art students gained a foothold in the most conservative art institution in England. The Royal Female College of Art, the South Kensington Schools and the Slade School of Fine Art also produced increasing numbers of women artists. Their entry into a male-dominated art world altered the perspective of other artists and the public. They came from disparate levels of society--Princess Louise, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, studied sculpture at the National Art Training School--yet they all shared ambition, talent and courage. Analyzing their education and careers, this book argues that the women who attended the art schools during the 1860s and 1870s--including Kate Greenaway, Elizabeth Butler, Helen Allingham, Evelyn De Morgan and Henrietta Rae--produced work that would accommodate yet subtly challenge the orthodoxies of the fine art establishment. Without their contributions, Victorian art would be not simply the poorer but hardly recognizable to us today.