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Author:

Whitaker, Katie, 1967-

Title:

A royal passion : the turbulent marriage of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France / Katie Whitaker.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xxi, 374 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Charles--I,--King of England,--1600-1649--Marriage.
Henrietta Maria,--Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England,--1609-1669--Marriage.
Married people--England--Biography.
Interfaith marriage--England--Case studies.
Queens--Great Britain--Biography.
Princesses--France--Biography.
Great Britain--History--Charles I, 1625-1649--Biography.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-353) and index.

Contents:

Family tree -- Foreword -- Prologue : Winter 1649 -- Pt. 1. LOVE'S TRIUMPH. Strangers -- First impressions -- Quarreling -- New beginnings -- No other favorites -- Pt. 2. PARADISE LOST. The court of love -- Questions of faith -- Liberty and religion alike -- Evil counselors -- Shame and fear -- Pt. 3. ENDINGS. Newcastle, January 1647 -- Colombes, August 1669.

Summary:

Presents the story of how the Protestant English King Charles I, and his young, French, Catholic wife, Henrietta, found unexpected love and helped reign over an era of peace and prosperity until a war with Puritan Scotland risked their lives.

ISBN:

0393060799 (hardcover)
9780393060799 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2010003158

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- ISU Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Drake University) (Des Moines)     ** Lending Suspended

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)