The winter queen
Elizabeth of Bohemia
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Author
Contributions
- Oman, Carola, 1897- - Contributor
Publication
2000 - Orion Publishing Group, Limited, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
125,000 words, Guess
Page Count
500 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3990287M
- ISBN-101842120573
- OCLC Control Number43879234
- Internet Archivewinterqueeneliza0000oman
- Library of Congress Control Number2001326030
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- Goodreads61464
- LibraryThing1122896
Classifications
- DDC943.7/023/092
- DDCB
- LCCD244.8.E4 O44 2000
and 1 more
- LCCD244.8.E4O44 2000
Description
"Here is the story of Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596-1662), the 'Winter Queen'. Daughter of James VI of Scotland (James I of England) and Anne of Denmark, she married Frederick V, Elector of Palatine. Her husband's acceptance of the throne of Bohemia in 1619 precipitated the Thirty Years War. Both Bohemia and Palatine were lost and the royal family fled to Holland where they lived in extreme poverty, dogged by misfortune." "Throughout this period, by sheer force of her personality, beauty and courage, Elizabeth maintained her role at the centre of her court-in-exile. She lived long enough to see her son Charles Louis restored to the electorate. Her daughter Sophia was the mother of George I of England. This beautifully written biography also paints pictures of late Shakespearean England in which she spent her youth and of the Restoration England to which she returned in old age."--Jacket.
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