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Cadbury, DeborahCadbury, Deborah
Summary: An exploration of Queen Victoria's matchmaking exploits details how she used her grandchildren to further the influence of the British Empire, despite their own plans and the turmoil that rocked Europe starting in the nineteenth century.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VICTORIA CADCadbury, Deborah
Summary: British author Cadbury explores the many layers involved in the abdication crisis of 1936, which ceded the British crown to the seemingly least prepared of the four sons of George V, George VI, aka Bertie, who revealed himself in the subsequent crisis of war to be the most suitable and stalwart of all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2015