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Prince Leopold: The Untold Story of Queen Victoria's Youngest Son
 
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Prince Leopold: The Untold Story of Queen Victoria's Youngest Son (Paperback)
by Charlotte Zeepvat (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  (4 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 222 pages
  • Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd; New Ed edition (21 Oct 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0750922923
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750922920
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 900,856 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #32 in  Books > History > Britain & Ireland > British Heads of State > Victoria
    #67 in  Books > Biography > British Royalty > Victoria

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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84) is considered by many to have been the most intelligent and probably the most interesting of Queen Victoria's four sons. He was the youngest and a strong-willed, attractive character, with an immense thirst for life. He was also, however, the first royal haemophiliac and suffered continual ill health: he was also an epileptic. In this biography of Leopold, the author reveals a human story which also touches on the wider worlds of late 19th-century Oxford and of literature, art and politics in the Victorian period. In particular, it examines the question of haemophilia and the royal family from a new angle, at the first appearance of the condition. When did the Queen and Prince Albert realize that their son was ill and how much did they understand of his illness? The book also presents a full and balanced picture of Leopold's relationship with his mother and his struggle to assert his independence.

Finally, it examines Leopold's life at Oxford, the varied and interesting friendships he developed there (with, among others, Lewis Carroll, John Ruskin and Oscar Wilde), his political views and the importance of his work as unofficial secretary to the Queen.


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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reading, 20 Jan 2001
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I have read several books about Queen Victoria and her family but have never got to know much about Prince Leopold's life and personality. I only knew him as the youngest son who suffered from haemophilia, the princess he married and his children. This book has revealed so much more to me, his friends, the frustrations he suffered when ill and his mothers lack of understanding. I particularly found the chapters that dealt with the brief spell of happiness he had when married very moving and it seemed such a shame that he died so suddenly.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the lot had to go first, 25 Jun 2004