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- Identifying with the heroic legend of her father, the warrior king Gustavus Adolphus (whose death elevated her to the throne at the age of 6), and appalled by her feckless, neurotic mother (who, after being widowed, hung her husband's heart above the bed in which she and her daughter slept), Christina established, at an early age, a reputation as a monarch with a mind of her own -- and the posture, vocabulary and table manners of a viking marauder.
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Nov 7, 2004 · Nov. 7, 2004. CHRISTINA, QUEEN OF SWEDEN The Restless Life of a European Eccentric. By Veronica Buckley. Illustrated. 370 pp. Fourth Estate/ HarperCollins Publishers. $26.95. IT'S not...
Veronica Buckley's captivating biography, "Christina, Queen of Sweden," delves into the life of this remarkable monarch, chronicling her journey towards self-discovery, intellectual pursuits, political unrest, and ultimate abdication.
Christina, Swedish Kristina, (born Dec. 8, 1626, Stockholm, Swed.—died April 19, 1689, Rome), Queen of Sweden (1644–54). The successor to her father, Gustav II Adolf , she was a prime mover in concluding the Peace of Westphalia and ending the Thirty Years’ War.
Sep 27, 2005 · This book brings the enigmatic, maddening, disruptive, unapologetically weird Queen Christina to life. Veronica Buckley wraps her research in compassionate prose, striking a balance between her adoration of Christina and her scholar's objectivity.
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The groundbreaking new biography of one of the most progressive, influential and entertaining women of the seventeenth century, Christina Alexandra, Queen of Sweden. In 1654, to the astonishment and dismay of her court, Christina Alexandra announced her abdication in favour of her cousin, Charles.
Sep 27, 2005 · With a dazzling narrative voice and unerring sense of the period, Veronica Buckley goes beyond historical myth to breathe life into an extraordinary woman who set the world on fire and became an...
Jun 9, 2011 · HarperCollins UK, Jun 9, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 528 pages. The groundbreaking biography of one of the most progressive, influential and entertaining women of the seventeenth century,...
