Queen Anne The Politics Of Passion

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-09-13 Pages: 640 Language: English Publisher:. HarperPress Her personal life riven by passion. illness and intrigue. Queen Anne presided over some of the most momentous events in British history Like Antonia Frasers life of Marie Antoinette or Amanda Foremans The Duchess. Queen Anne is historical biography at its best.In 1702. fourteen years after she helped oust her father from his throne and deprived her newborn half-brother of his birthright. Queen Anne inherited the crowns of England and Scotland . Childless. despite seventeen pregnancies that had all either ended in failure or produced heartrendingly short-lived children. in some respects she was a pitiable figure. But against all expectation she proved Britains most successful Stuart ruler.Her reign was marked by many triumphs. . including union with Scotland and glorious victories in war agai...