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ZEEPVAT, CHARLOTTE: : PRINCE LEOPOLD: The Untold Story of Queen Victoria's Youngest Son

UK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.SUTTON PUBLISHING LIMITED,1998.

ISBN 0750913080.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Laid in loose,Daily Telegraph (July 11, 1998) newspaper cutting of arts & books precis/review of the (then) forthcoming book,along with a faded, contemporary Waterstones receipt for book's purchase.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, subject colour portrait illustration with brown+black lettering,rear panel with montage of sepia+monochrome contemporary familial photographs; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemishes; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages corners,virtually as new - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain red cloth boards/covers with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps (endpapers).UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, vi-viipp+1-216pp [paginated] includes list of b/w plates,author's acknowledgements,16 chapters,8pp b/w contemporary subject+ familial photographs in 1 block,between pp104/5,notes,notes on the Family Trees: Victoria's ancestry in the Female line + Haemophilia in the queen's family with respective genealogical family tree diagrams,a bibliography and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title with subject's b/w portrait photographic frntis to its reverse,title page,and contents list/ table. Prince Leopold,Duke of Albany (1853-84), is acknowledged to have been the most intelligent and probably the most interesting of Queen Victoria's four sons. He was the youngest and a strong-willed, attractive character,with an immense thirst for life.He was also,however,the first haemophilia sufferer in the royal family and endured continued ill health; as if haemophilia was not enough,he was also epileptic. In this,the first major biography of Leopold,Charlotte Zeepvat has drawn on unpublished sources to reveal a compelling human story which also touches on the wider worlds of the late nineteenth-century Oxford and of literature,art and politics in the Victorian period.In particular,it examines the question of haemophilia and the royal family from a new angle.There are many questions to answer,such as when did the Queen and Prince Albert realise that their youngest son was ill and how much did they understand of his illness? Some of Leopold's early attacks were described as 'rheumatism' - was this an attempt to keep the truth concealed or a genuine misunderstanding? The book also presents a full and balanced picture of Leopold's relationship with his mother.Letters already published provide snapshots of individual quarrels between mother and son but no one has yet considered the relationship as a whole.Finally,it examines Leopold's life at Oxford,the varied and interesting friendships he developed there (with,among others,Charles Dodgson - 'Lewis Carroll' - John Ruskin and Oscar Wilde),his political views and the importance of his work as unofficial secretary to the Queen. An important addition to our knowledge and understanding of Victorian royalty,the book is also an illuminating account of the search for personal happiness and fulfilment combined with public duty,and has particular resonance at a time when the role of the monarchy is once again being reviewed. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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