- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd; illustrated edition edition (29 Jun 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750908688
- ISBN-13: 978-0750908689
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 16.8 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Why was Queen Victoria born with the hereditary haemophiliac gene if, as historical sources suggest, it was carried by none of her ancestors? In this pioneering and controversial study the authors, both widely respected scientists, trace the history of the gene in the British royal family and raise some startling questions.
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The story of Queen Victoria's gene alternates between a series of intensely intimate events and a series of geopolitical movements that still affect our world. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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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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I enjoyed this book, and certainly found out a lot about haemophillia. My only slight critisism, was that a bit too much time was taken reviewing the Russian Revolution, which had it's place in the book, but perhaps in less detail.
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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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Kudos, Mr Book
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... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2009 by C. Phillips
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This book's most sensational claim is based on a gross statistical error. The authors contend that an affair with a haemophiliac man is a more likely source of the haemophilia... Read more
Published on 20 July 2006 by PaulJ
FASCINATING!
this is a really interesting book. i'm obsessed with all things romanov and this was quite informative about alexei's illness. Read more
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