Princesses Behaving Badly [electronic resource] : Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings
McRobbie, Linda Rodriguez2013
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You think you know her story. You’ve read the Brothers Grimm, you’ve watched the Disney cartoons, and you cheered as these virtuous women lived happily ever after. But real princesses didn't always get happy endings. Sure, plenty were graceful and benevolent leaders, but just as many were ruthless in their quest for power—and all of them had skeletons rattling in their royal closets. Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe was a Nazi spy. Empress Elisabeth of the Austro-Hungarian empire slept wearing a mask of raw veal. Princess Olga of Kiev slaughtered her way to sainthood while Princess Lakshmibai waged war on the battlefield, charging into combat with her toddler son strapped to her back.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Quirk Books, 2013
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1 online resource (1 text file)
ISBN:
9781594746659
Language:
English
BRN:
2554879