Defiant Dynasty: The Coburgs of Belgium - 15 Angebote vergleichen

Von Händler/Antiquariat, AFTER WORDS OF ANN ARBOR [60580], Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Clean, tight, square and bright second printing bound in dark blue boards with gilt title on spine. Lightly rubbed at head and foot of spine, otherwise fine. Dust is unclipped, protected in removable mylar, rubbed at forecorners, head and foot of spine. Within three generations of the founding of the Belgian Royal House in 1831, Coburgs had married into almost every royal family in Europe. Aronson combines extensive historical research with the comment of a contemporary diarist and the wit of a court scandal-monger. 323 pages includes index, bibliography.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Antique & Collector's Books.
Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A.: Cassell, 1969. 323 pp. Dustjacket has wear on the edges with a small loss on the spine. Browning to page edges. Owners name on first page.. Hardcover with Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Price Clipped Dustjacket.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, SN Books Ltd.
The Coburgs, remarked Bismarck, were ‘the stud farm of Europe'; if unkindly phrased, there was nevertheless some truth in the jibe. Within three generations of the foundation of the Belgian Royal House in 1831, Coburgs had tarried into almost every royal family in Europe. Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about the throne of Belgium is that it ever came into being: created after the successful rebellion against the Dutch, handed to an imported German prince, it was hoped, without much enthusiasm, that it would weld together a new nation of disparate and quarrelsome elements. It has survived to the present, in an era which has seen older and seemingly more secure dynasties vanish. The first Coburg of Belgium, Leopold I, as that 'Dear Uncle' to whom Queen Victoria was so abjectly devoted in the early years of her reign. Cheated by the death of his first wife, Charlotte, Princess of Wales, daughter of George IV and Queen Caroline, from becoming Prince Consort to the Queen of England, the resilient Leopold of Saxe-Coburg not only became the constitutional monarch of Belgium but married the daughter of the King of France. With this the Coburgs were well launched on a climb from their petty German principality to position of enormous world power. Leopold I's son, Leopold II, vastly enriched the family fortunes by his avaricious plunder of the Congo and scandalised Europe with his sexual promiscuity. In fact, not until the reign of 'Albert of the Belgians' (1909-34) and his beloved Queen Elisabeth, did the royal Coburgs prove themselves a very endearing family. Hardcover, Ausgabe: 1st, Label: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1969-02, Studio: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, Verkaufsrang: 6281965.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Antique & Collector's Books [864921], SOUTHPORT, GOLD COAST, QLD, Australia.
323 pp. Dustjacket has wear on the edges with a small loss on the spine. Browning to page edges. Owners name on first page. 8vo.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, TenBestBooks [6680868], Utica, NY, U.S.A.
9997548655 Ex-library with stickers, pocket and markings. Worn cover and pages. Text is clean. Reading copy only. USPS tracking number provided for U.S. orders.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Blue Awning Books [50762090], Austin, TX, U.S.A.
323 pp. 5 5/8 x 8 3/4. Dark blue cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on spine. Gold glossy dj. No damage or markings noted.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, BRIMSTONES [107264], Lewes, United Kingdom.
1st edition, hardback, 8vo, xxviii,246pp, illustrated, edges browned, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, front board edges slightly soiled, Good / Fair dustwrapper. wrapper heavily rubbed. ISBN: 0304932906.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Cambridge Rare Books [545787], Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Hardcover. Book - VG. DJ - VG. Protective covered. 8.5.x5.5. 323pp.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Dorothy House.
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