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Purple Secret: Genes, 'Madness' and the Royal Houses of Europe
 
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Purple Secret: Genes, 'Madness' and the Royal Houses of Europe (Paperback)

by John C.G. Rohl (Author), etc. (Author), Martin Warren (Author), David Hunt (Author)
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  • Paperback: 410 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi Books; New edition edition (3 Jun 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552145505
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552145503
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 680,510 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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First published in 1998, this is a study, based on DNA sequencing, that traces the porphyria stain through the genealogical maze of Europe's royal dynasties to the present day descendants of the Houses of Hanover and Windsor, and the consequences it might have had on the history of Europe and North America.

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In recent years a hugely successful play and film have been based on the theory, originally advanced in the 1960s, that King George III suffered from the rare and incurable blood disease known as porphyria.

Porphyria is an inherited disorder. Was George III the only victim, or could it have affected his ancestors - or his descendants down to the present day? And if so, what consequences might it have had in the history of Europe and North America?

In a unique collaboration between history and science, which combines historical records of illness and suffering with the latest advances in DNA technology, Purple Secret traces, in an extraordinary and fascinating detective story, the inheritance of porphyria through the genealogical maze of Europe's royal dynasties. Its inescapable conclusion - that the royal houses of Britain and Europe are still haunted by the ghost of George III - sheds light on major historical events from Britain's loss of her American colonies to the outbreak of the First World War and the downfall of the Romanovs, as well as on the present Royal Family.

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3.0 out of 5 stars was George III the only royal to suffer from porphyria?, 5 April 1999
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Though difficult to read at times, mainly because of the wealth of scientific and medical details, this book is well-researched and opens up a whole new avenue of interest to fans of royal biography. At times this book reads like a medical dictionary, yet at others it reads like a first-class detetctive novel and each chapter opens up a new line of enquiry as to whether porphyria has indeed afflicted the Britsh royal family and its European offshoots for generations.The amount of royal personages covered is vast, yet the authors do a commendable job in pulling the many different threads together.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent read, 14 Feb 2003
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Very interesting & well written overview of a disease that plagued not only George III but apparently his ancestors & decendents...Especially interesting to learn about the sad life of Feodora, Queen Victoria's first great-granchild, and how Alexandra, the last Tsarina's, medical problems affected the Russian monarchy...Excellent research!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The final book on the porphyria debate, 19 Feb 2005
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This book is a follow-up on Macalpine and Hunter's famous "George III and the Mad-Business". In the 70's their theory was not believed, because at that time most porphyria research had been done on the population of South Africa only. With new insights, research and techniques, including DNA research, Röhl, Warren en Hunt present very convincing additions to the diagnosis of porphyria for George III and many of his family members and some descendants.
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