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Crowned in a Far Country  Portraits of Eight Royal Brides
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Crowned in a Far Country Portraits of Eight Royal Brides Softcover - 2007

by Kent, Princess Michael of

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This international bestseller profiles eight of Europe's most famous royal brides, from the author of "The Serpent and the Moon" and "Cupid and the King." 16-page photo insert.

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Touchstone. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2007. Softcover. 0743296370 . 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 Inches; 224 pages; Though of eminent birth and status in their own right, the women of <I>Crowned in a Far Country</i> all left the countries of their birth to marry heirs to great thrones. They all shared an inbred sense of duty and a genuine desire to see it performed. None fought against what she saw as her destiny but only sought to fulfill it. Some were passionate, others less so. Some were good wives; some were caring mothers. They were all catalysts, the pivots of their worlds for a time.<P><P>More than just a window into the politics and power brokering of royal marriage, <I>Crowned in a Far Country</i> charts the transformations of privileged princesses into women of power and historical importance.<P><P> .
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  • Title Crowned in a Far Country Portraits of Eight Royal Brides
  • Author Kent, Princess Michael of
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone, New York
  • Date 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 85781
  • ISBN 9780743296373 / 0743296370
  • Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.58 x 5.94 x 0.65 in (24.33 x 15.09 x 1.65 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Queens, Empresses
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006050170
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 11/01/2006, Page 1117
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/30/2006, Page 46

About the author

Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent is the author of two previous books, Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Brides and Cupid and the King: Five Royal Paramours. For more than ten years, the Princess has pursued a successful career lecturing on historical topics. She lives with her husband, Prince Michael of Kent, in Kensington Palace in London and in their seventeenth-century manor house in Gloucestershire, England.