Grandmama of Europe: Crowned Descendants of Queen Victoria - Softcover

Aronson, Theo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719541395 ISBN 13: 9780719541391

Publisher: John Murray Publishers, 1984

Synopsis

'It is excellent news that Theo Aronson's lively panorama of European royalties is to be republished. Skilfully interwoven with each other, Theo Aronson's accounts of these reigns, abdications and exiles capture the scope and variety of what Victoria used to call the Royal Mob.'
Elizabeth Longford

Ever since the instant success of his first book The Golden Bees: The Story of the Bonapartes, Theo Aronson has steadily built up his reputation as an historical biographer specializing in the Royal Houses of Europe. Among his many widely read books are Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story, Crowns in Conflict: The Triumph and the Tragedy of European Monarchy 1910-1918 and The King in Love: Edward VII's Mistresses.

His books have been published in Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Holland and Belgium; in paperback, in book club editions and in serialization.

THE KING IN LOVE: King Edward VII's Mistresses
'I found it totally absorbing... a thoroughly enjoyable book from start to finish.'
Auberon Waugh, The Independent

'Mr Aronson is scrupulously fair . . . his book is entertaining and lively.'
Brian Masters, The Standard

NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE: A Love Story
'He tells their story superbly well . . . Aronson has a wonderful eye for significant detail as well as a shrewd appreciation of character. Above all his book is wonderfully readable.'
Patrick Taylor-Martin, Sunday Times

'Mr Aronson, an exceptional authority on the world's crowned or once crowned heads, makes Josephine irresistible . . . absorbing and scholarly.'
Alastair Forbes, Sunday Telegraph

About this title

About the Author

Theo Aronson is the author of over twenty works of royal historical biography, published in eleven languages. Among the widely read are Grandmama of Europe, The King in Love, Napoleon and Josephine and a biography of Princess Margaret. In the course of researching and writing these books he has interviewed major and minor members of Britain’s royal family and members of the royal households, as well as various officials, servants, friends and others whose lives are in some way connected with the monarchy.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray Publishers
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0719541395
• ISBN 13: 9780719541391
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368