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Queen Anne : the politics of passion / Anne Somerset.
An assessment of the short twelve-year reign of Britain's last Stuart monarch recounts how she united England and Scotland as a sovereign state, offering additional insight into the military victories that laid the foundations for Britain's future naval and colonial supremacy.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307962881
- ISBN: 0307962881
- Physical Description: xii, 621 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: London : HarperPress, 2012. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-597) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | But a daughter -- Religion before her father -- Sure never anybody was used so -- We are now in a new world -- These fatal distinctions of Whig and Tory -- The weight and charge of a kingdom -- Nothing but uneasiness -- Entire and perfect union -- Guidedby other hands -- Passions between women -- Making the breach wider -- The heat and ferment that is in this poor nation -- I do not like war -- The great work of peace -- The last troublesome scene of contention -- Not equal to the weight of a crown? |
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| Subject: | Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714. Queens > Great Britain > Biography. Great Britain > History > Anne, 1702-1714. |
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