Alfred
★★★★★
★★★★★
Regular price
€19.99
9781781553190
A01=John Van der Kiste
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Alfred
Author_John Van der Kiste
automatic-update
Casemate
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=BGH
Category=DNBH
Category=HBJD1
Category=HBLL
Category=NHD
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_non-fiction
Fonthill Media
John Van Der Kiste
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9781781553190
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2013
- Publisher: Fonthill Media Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Our Delivery Time Frames Explained
2-4 Working Days: Available in-stock
10-20 Working Days: On Backorder
Will Deliver When Available: On Pre-Order or Reprinting
We ship your order once all items have arrived at our warehouse and are processed. Need those 2-4 day shipping items sooner? Just place a separate order for them!
Prince Alfred, who was created Duke of Edinburgh in 1866 and became Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha in 1893, was the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A patron of the arts, pioneer philatelist and amateur violinist, he joined the Royal Navy as a boy and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet. At the age of 18 he was elected King of Greece by overwhelming popular vote in a plebiscite, although political agreements between the Great Powers of Europe prevented him from accepting the vacant crown. The most widely travelled member of his family, he had visited all five continents by the age of 27, and while on a tour of Australia in 1868 he narrowly escaped assassination at the hands of a Fenian sympathiser. Married to Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, the only surviving daughter of Tsar Alexander II, at one stage he had to face the possibility that he might be required to fight on behalf of the British empire against that of his father-in-law. His last years were overshadowed by marital difficulties, alcoholism and ill-health, and the suicide of his only son and heir.
John Van der Kiste has published over forty books, including works on royal and historical biography, local history, true crime, music and fiction, and is a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. His previous titles include Queen Victoria's Children, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and The Romanovs: Tsar Alexander II of Russia and his family. He lives in Devon.
Qty: