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[EAN: 9780297860198], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London], CHARLES 1 & HENRIETTA MARIA ILLUST BIOGRAPHIES EXILE, Jacket, A ROYAL PASSION The Turbulent Marriage of Char… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780297860198], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London], CHARLES 1 & HENRIETTA MARIA ILLUST BIOGRAPHIES EXILE, Jacket, A ROYAL PASSION The Turbulent Marriage of Charles 1 & Henrietta Maria. Katie Whitaker. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. 2010 First Edition ISBN 9780297860198 364pp Illustrated Hardback. This mint unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is also in mint condition. The marriage of the Protestant Charles I and the French Catholic princess Henrietta Maria was, from the start, a dangerous experiment. They met for the first time a month after their arranged marriage, and they spent their first year together in bitter quarrels. Yet, against the odds, the reserved king and his naively vivacious young bride fell passionately in love, and for ten years England enjoyed an era of peace and prosperity. But when Charles became involved in war with Puritan Scotland, popular hatred of Henrietta's Catholicism roused Parliament to fury. Charles's fears for his wife's safety drove him into a civil war; Henrietta was declared a traitor by Parliament and forced to flee abroad, never to see her husband again. For five years the couple kept up a poignant correspondence that reveals the tremendous strains that war and separation placed on their marriage. Always they hoped that peace would return, and they would be reunited. But in 1649, after more than two years' imprisonment, the King was condemned as a traitor and publicly executed, leaving his 'dear heart', Henrietta, to face years of impoverished exile alone. Rejecting centuries of hostile historical tradition, prize-winning biographer Katie Whitaker draws on a host of unpublished sources to create an intimate and gripping portrait of a remarkable marriage. A ROYAL PASSION is a dramatic tale of extremes: of love and hate, happiness and exile. Ref V7 Size: 364pp<

2010, ISBN: 9780297860198

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2010. First Edition, First Impression. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2010 First edition first impress… Mehr…

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2010. First Edition, First Impression. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2010 First edition first impression. Size 363 pages including index. Crimson hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, with dust jacket. Book condition fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition near fine, corners and spine ends ever so slightly rubbed else fine, not price clipped., Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2010<