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conversations.value: Give me a description for a story titled Victoria's Daughters about Victoria's, Beatrice, Incisive with the genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Historical.. End with the sentence ' <I>--Wendy Smith</I>'.
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conversations.value: Incisive character studies of Queen Victoria's five daughters provide the framework for a lively survey of 19th-century European history. With three brothers securing the English throne, the princesses' royal duty was to further Britain's interests through marriage. Vivacious, intelligent Vicky (1840-1901), the spoiled eldest, had a happy union with Hohenzollern prince Frederick William, though her liberal views were unpopular in Prussia and vehemently resisted by her son Willy, who eventually became the emperor of Germany. Sensitive, altruistic Alice (1843-78); dutiful, dull Lenchen (1846-1923); and shy baby sister Beatrice (1857-1944) all married minor German royalty--though Beatrice, intended to be her domineering mother's spinster companion, didn't marry until she was 28 and continued to live in England at Victoria's beck and call. Centuries-old custom dictated that princesses must not wed subjects, but artistic, rebellious Louise (1848-1939) married a Scottish nobleman anyway and managed to lead a slightly less restricted life than her sisters, particularly as a strong supporter of charitable organizations for women. Jerrold the author, a veteran historian-biographer with six previous storys to his credit, spins an enjoyably old-fashioned narrative emphasizing personal relationships among Europe's royalty and their impact on political developments. <I>--Wendy Smith</I>
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conversations.value: Victoria's Daughters
  The duke of Connaught's small palace in London, Clarence House, had been transferred from his brother Affie upon the latter's death a year earlier, and he also maintained a country estate, Bagshot, southwest of London in Surrey.
  After Princess Christian's death, her daughters Helena Victoria and Marie Louise took over sponsorship of the home, putting much of their energies into increasing its patient capacity.
  In 1947, Cumberland Lodge became the home of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Foundation of St. Catherine's.
  Dr. Reid, Queen Victoria's personal physician during the latter years of her life, maintained a friendship with Lenchen, Louise, and Beatrice long after the queen died.
  The actual wording of the letters went as follows: "We hereby acknowledge and declare that Valerie Wagner [her first husband's name] is the illegitimate daughter of our brother His Highness Duke Albert of Schleswig-Holstein, who died on the 27th of April 1931. We are entirely ignorant of the names and identity of Valerie Wagner's mother, but we understand that she was a lady of very high rank. Our brother in order to shield this lady's honor never divulged her name to anyone. Valerie Wagner's foster parents, in whose name she was registered, were of Jewish descent, but we desire to emphasize the fact that Valerie Wagner herself is not of Jewish birth. Our brother, the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, in a personal letter to Valerie Wagner, deplored the fact that she had been entrusted to the family of a different race and faith to her own."
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conversations.value: He bore this courtesy title in respect of his mother who had inherited in 1912, by special remainder, the dukedom of Fife.
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conversations.value: Baird, Diana, comp. Victorian Days and A Royal Friendship. London, 1958 (personal material about Helena expressed in letters to a friend).
  Gwyn, Sandra. The Private Capital—Ambition and Love in the Age of Macdonald and Laurier. Toronto, 1984.
  York, HRH the Duchess of, with Benita Stoney. Victoria & Albert: Life at Osborne House. London, 1991.
  The index that appeared in the print version of this title does not match the pages of your eBook. Please use the search function on your eReading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.
  Victoria (Moretta) and Alexander (Sandro) of Battenberg's involvement, opposition to See also Prussia
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conversations.value: Victorian Days and A Royal Friendship. London, 1958 (personal material about Helena expressed in letters to a friend).
  Gwyn, Sandra. The Private Capital—Ambition and Love in the Age of Macdonald and Laurier. Toronto, 1984.
  York, HRH the Duchess of, with Benita Stoney. Victoria & Albert: Life at Osborne House. London, 1991.
  The index that appeared in the print version of this title does not match the pages of your eBook. Please use the search function on your eReading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.
  Victoria (Moretta) and Alexander (Sandro) of Battenberg's involvement, opposition to See also Prussia