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Author:
Paul, Gill, 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2001059182 author.
Title:
Royal love stories : Hardcover the tales behind the real-life romances of the world's kings & queens / Gill Paul ; introduction by Camilla Tominey.
Format:
Hardcover
Publisher:
Metro Books,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
192 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Marriages of royalty and nobility--Europe--History.
Marriages of royalty and nobility--Mogul Empire--History.
Marriages of royalty and nobility--Russia--History.
Marriages of royalty and nobility--Jordan--History.
Royal couples--Europe--History.
Royal couples--Mogul Empire--History.
Royal couples--Russia--History.
Royal couples--Jordan--History.
Europe--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Mogul Empire--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Russia--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Jordan--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Kings and rulers--Biography.
Kings and rulers--History.--History.
Queens--History.--History.
Kings and rulers.
Kings and rulers--Sexual behavior.
Marriages of royalty and nobility.
Royal couples.
Europe.
India--Mogul Empire.
Jordan.
Russia (Federation)
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Other Authors:
Tominey, Camilla, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014077937 writer of introduction.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-191) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Peter I of Portugal & Inês de Castro -- Shah Jahan & Mumtaz Mahal -- Catherine the Great & Grigory Potemkin -- Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette -- Napoleon Bonaparte & Joséphine de Beauharnais -- Ludwig I of Bavaria & Lola Montez -- Victor Emmanuel II & Rosa Vercellana -- Rudolph, Crown Prince of Austria, & Baroness Mary Vetsera -- Nicholas II & Alexandra -- Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson -- Prince Rainier III & Grace Kelly -- King Hussein of Jordan & Lisa Halaby -- Prince William & Catherine Middleton -- Prince Harry & Meghan Markle.
Summary:
"... tells the true love stories of 14 [royal] couples, providing a fascinating retelling of royal romance over the last seven centuries. Touching, absorbing, and tragic by turns, these stories bring glamor and contradictions of royalty vividly to life"--Jacket flap.
ISBN:
1435169220
9781435169227
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1105060221
Locations:
WOPA185 -- Washta Public Library (Washta)

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