- Paperback: 189 pages
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd; New Ed edition (25 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750911999
- ISBN-13: 978-0750911993
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Queen Victoria's son, Prince Leopold, died from haemophilia, but no member of the royal family before his generation had suffered from the condition. Medically, there are only two possibiities: either one of Victoria's parents had a 1 in 50,000 random mutation, or Victoria was the illegitimate child of a haemophiliac man. However the haemophilia gene arose, it had a profound effect on history. Two of Victoria's daughters were silent carriers who passed the disease to the Spanish and Russian royal families. The disease played a role in the origin of the Spanish Civil War; and the tsarina's concern over her only son's haemophilia led to the entry of Rasputin into the royal household, contributing directly to the Russian revolution.
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This review is from: Queen Victoria's Gene: Haemophilia and the Royal Family (Pocket Biographies) (Paperback)
The life and times of the great Queen Victoria continues to hold an enormous fascination over people, both in Britain and worldwide. This book gives a clear and astounding account of Victoria's anticendants and descendants, and the effect of the haemophilia gene. This cruel disease, passed on to sons, and carried by mothers and daughters, caused a life of misery to the unfortunate male recipients. So what was the origin of the gene carried by Victoria? Two of her daughters, also carriers, spread the disease into the Royal families of Europe and Russia. Victoria's son Leopold suffered with the disease. Was it a one in 50,000 chance genetic mutation, or was Victoria fathered by a haemophiliac? This book will surprise and fascinate anyone who reads it - although I don't think Victoria herself would have been too 'amused'!
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Really interesting subject matter which touches on broader subjects.,
This review is from: Queen Victoria's Gene: Haemophilia and the Royal Family (Pocket Biographies) (Paperback)
This book absolutely intrigued me! It covers (albeit not in details but enough to raise further interest) on not just hemophilia, but medical practises popular in the 18th and 19th century including the use of bleeding pregnant women so they were ussually anaemic by the time they gave birth! It also gives an interesting insight in to the Russian royal family and Rasputin which laid some myths to rest for me. All in all, this book may be a little sensationalist regarding the insinuation that Queen Victoria's father may have been someone other than her mother's husband, but it's an interesting theory. I found the book hard to put down as it enthralled me so much and I would recommend it.
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This review is from: Queen Victoria's Gene: Haemophilia and the Royal Family (Pocket Biographies) (Paperback)
I actually loved this book! I'd always been intrigued by the whole haemophilia gene in the royal family and this book totally clued me up on all the historical side of things and the different theories on Victoria's legitimacy. It looks at quite a few members of Victoria's family and is really quite a gripping read. It's also quite funny as well, depending if you can laugh at the bizarre methods used to try and cure haemophilia in the olden days.
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