Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece - Rilegato

Vickers, Hugo

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ISBN 10: 0312288867 ISBN 13: 9780312288860

Casa editrice: St Martins Pr, 2002

Riassunto

Details the life of Great Britain's Princess Alice, who married Prince Andrew of Greece in 1903, a union that plunged her into a life of turmoil, fraught with war, exile, and execution, forcing her to be placed into a sanitarium in Switzerland where she was declared a "schizophrenic paranoid," in a fascinating biography that vividly recreates the wealth, royalty, and power of the twentieth century. 17,500 first printing.

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L'autore:

Hugo Vickers was born in 1951 and educated at Eton and Strasbourg University. His books include Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough; Cecil Beaton; Vivien Leigh; Loving Garbo; Royal Orders; The Private World of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; and The Kiss, which won the 1996 Stern Silver Pen for Non-fiction. He is an acknowledged expert on the royal family, appears regularly on television, and has lectured all over the world. Hugo Vickers and his family divide their time between London and a manor house in Hampshire.

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• Editore: St Martins Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0312288867
• ISBN 13: 9780312288860
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 477