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100 1 $aGoldstone, Nancy Bazelon.
245 10$aDaughters of the Winter Queen :$bfour remarkable sisters, the crown of Bohemia, and the enduring legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots /$cNancy Goldstone.
250 $aFirst edition.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bLittle, Brown and Company,$c2018.
300 $aviii, 480 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates :$billustrations (some color), map, portraits, chart, genealogical table ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 437-467) and index.
505 0 $aSelected genealogy of the Stuart family -- Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen, granddaughter of Mary, Queen of Scots -- The daughters of the Winter Queen: Princess Elizabeth, Louise Hollandine, Henrietta Maria, and Sophia -- The legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots.
520 $aDocuments how a betrayed Elizabeth Stuart, the daughter of James I, raised her four daughters in exile during the Dutch Golden Age, tracing how their stories shaped a three -decade war and fulfilled the promises of their great- grandmother, Mary Queen of Scots.
520 $aFrom the great courts, glittering palaces, and war- ravaged battlefields of the seventeenth century comes the story of four spirited sisters and their glamorous mother, Elizabeth Stuart, granddaughter of the martyred Mary, Queen of Scots. Upon her father's ascension to the illustrious throne of England, Elizabeth Stuart was suddenly thrust from the poverty of unruly Scotland into the fairy-tale existence of a princess of great wealth and splendor. When she was marriedat sixteen to a German count far below her rank, it was with the understanding that her father would help her husband achieve the kingship of Bohemia. The terrible betrayal of this commitment would ruin 'the Winter Queen,' as Elizabeth would forever be known, imperil the lives of those she loved, and launch a war that would last for thirty years. Forced into exile, the Winter Queen and her family found refuge in Holland, where the glorious art and culture of the Dutch GoldenAge indelibly shaped her daughters' lives. Her eldest, Princess Elizabeth, became a scholar who earned the respect and friendship of the philosopher René Descartes. Louisa was a gifted painter whose engaging manner and appealing looks provoked heartache and scandal. Beautiful Henrietta Maria would be the only sister to marry into royalty, although at great cost. But it was the youngest, Sophia, a heroine in the tradition of a Jane Austen novel, whose ready wit and good-natured common sense masked immense strength of character, who fulfilled the promise of her great-grandmother Mary and reshaped the British monarchy, a legacy that endures to this day. Brilliantly researched and captivatingly written, filled with danger, treachery and adventure but also love, courage, and humor, Daughters of the Winter Queen follows the lives of five remarkable women who, by refusing to surrender to adversity, changed the course of history.-- Dust jacket.
600 00$aElizabeth,$cQueen, consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia,$d1596-1662.
600 00$aElizabeth,$cQueen, consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia,$d1596-1662$xFamily.
600 00$aElisabeth,$cCountess Palatine,$d1618-1680.
600 00$aLouise Hollandine,$cCountess Palatine, Abbess of Maubuisson,$d1622-1709.
600 00$aSophia,$cElectress, consort of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover,$d1630-1714.
650 0$aQueens$zCzech Republic$zBohemia$vBiography.
650 0$aPrincesses$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
650 4$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
650 4$aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
650 4$aHISTORY / Women.