| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
x, 374 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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| Note |
Originally published: The mystery of Princess Louise. London : Chatto & Windus, 2013. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-354) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : how it all began -- Prologue : a celebrity comes to Liverpool -- Born in the year of revolution -- A royal education -- In the shadow of her siblings -- An Annus Horribilis -- The first sculpture -- What really happened with Walter Stirling? -- The Locock family secret -- An art student at last -- Falling in love with the Cult of Beauty -- The people's princess -- A controversial betrothal -- "The most popular act of my reign" -- A battle for independence -- Politics and aestheticism -- The first year in Canada -- A marriage lived in different continents -- Escaping the Fenians in Bermuda -- Return to London, and tragedy -- Keeping up appearances -- Scandal amongst the Campbells -- Celebrating the Golden Jubilee -- The princess and the sculptor -- Trying to dull the pain -- Scandal in the royal household -- A new century and the end of an era -- The death of Henry Locock -- The king, the kaiser and the duke -- Widowhood and war -- The Grande Dame of Kensington -- "This remarkable lady" -- One last rebellious command -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Louise, Princess, Duchess of Argyll, 1848-1939.
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Princesses -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
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| Added Title |
Mystery of Princess Louise
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| ISBN |
9781250059321 : $28.99 |
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