Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria

A prominent sub-theme that has become apparent during this biography binge would have to be the long reach of the English monarchy around Europe. It came up in a piece on George III's daughters, as we...

I enjoyed this book - it was a fascinating glimpse at the intertwined and separate lives of these five women.At times, however, I was disappointed at how much had been glossed over. Some of that, I gr...

Incredible research and tracking for all the women in the title group. It's amazing how different and how in such varying cultures/cultural mores/ religion that these women lived and ended within. Mos...

Much more scholarly than I would have liked. One of the problems I had with this book is that the author approaches it almost with the assumption that the reader is going to be a 3rd year European his...

Eaay reading, iverly eurocentric view during world war bothered me. Otherwise viewpoint a bit monarchist....

A quintuple biography of Victoria's five queenly granddaughters, this book was neither particularly well written not particularly scholarly, but did provide a helpful overview of all five lives. Here ...

A wonderful overview of the five women who managed to somehow survive the tumultuous years when the modern era didn't just break down Victorian ideals and mores, but smashed them completely to bits. B...

I've been vascillating between a two-star and a three-star rating....I finally went with the three star just on the strength of the subject matter but the way it's laid out is confusing and the writin...

This is the story of Victoria Eugenie (Spain), Marie (Romania), Sophie (Greece), Maud (Norway), and Alexandra (Russia) all granddaughters of Queen Victoria. I was torn between giving this one a two or...

I am usually not the one for non fiction (or even fictional) history books, but this one was awesome to read. Lots and lots of interesting detail, rich description of interpersonal relation among many...