Kings & Desperate Men: Life in Eighteenth-century EnglandA. A. Knopf, 1942 - 323 sivua Life in eighteenth century England in the time of the French Revolution. |
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... Anne's , this " James III of England " with his toy court in France , that the long drama that agitated the seventeenth century plays itself out . On the score of blood , the Pretender - as the legitimate son of James II - should have ...
... Anne's , this " James III of England " with his toy court in France , that the long drama that agitated the seventeenth century plays itself out . On the score of blood , the Pretender - as the legitimate son of James II - should have ...
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... ANNE WAS as much a " political " monarch as Charles II was a social one . But where Charles had a genius for enjoying himself , Anne was a plain little busybody in a crooked age ; and having no personality , she did what she could with ...
... ANNE WAS as much a " political " monarch as Charles II was a social one . But where Charles had a genius for enjoying himself , Anne was a plain little busybody in a crooked age ; and having no personality , she did what she could with ...
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... Anne wanted something besides an arm : she wanted a heart . She wanted - nor was it the Queen in her who asked for it a little affection and gratitude . Sarah had wit , had brawn , had spirit ; Sarah had a manner that could nonplus the ...
... Anne wanted something besides an arm : she wanted a heart . She wanted - nor was it the Queen in her who asked for it a little affection and gratitude . Sarah had wit , had brawn , had spirit ; Sarah had a manner that could nonplus the ...
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