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The Prince
(Hardcover)
Nicolo Machiavelli; Translated by W.K. Marriott
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R580
Discovery Miles 5 800
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Her personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue, Queen
Anne presided over some of the most momentous events in British
history. Like Antonia Fraser's life of Marie Antoinette or Amanda
Foreman's 'The Duchess', 'Queen Anne' is historical biography at
its best. In 1702, fourteen years after she helped oust her father
from his throne and deprived her newborn half-brother of his
birthright, Queen Anne inherited the crowns of England and
Scotland. Childless, despite seventeen pregnancies that had all
either ended in failure or produced heartrendingly short-lived
children, in some respects she was a pitiable figure. But against
all expectation she proved Britain's most successful Stuart ruler.
Her reign was marked by many triumphs, including union with
Scotland and glorious victories in war against France. It was also
marked by controversy: Anne's close relationship with Sarah, the
outspoken wife of the Duke of Marlborough, turned to rancor with
Sarah's startling claim of the Queen's lesbian infatuation with
another lady-in-waiting, Abigail Masham. Traditionally depicted as
a weak ruler dominated by female favourites and haunted by remorse
at having deposed her father, Queen Anne emerges as a woman whose
unshakeable commitment to duty enabled her to overcome private
tragedy and painful disabilities, and set her kingdom on the path
to greatness.
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