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Alfred: Queen Victoria's Second Son

por John Van der Kiste

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Prince Alfred, who was created Duke of Edinburgh in 1866 and became Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gothain 1893, was the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A patron of the arts, pioneer philatelist and amateur violinist, he joined the Royal Navy as a boy and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet. At the age of eighteen he was elected King of Greece by overwhelming popular vote in a plebiscite, although political agreements between the Great Powers of Europe prevented him from accepting the vacant crown. The most widely traveled member of his family, he had visited all five continents by the age of twenty-seven, and while on a tour of Australia in 1868 he narrowly escaped assassination at the hands of a Fenian sympathizer. Married to Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, the only surviving daughter of Tsar Alexander II, at one stage he had to face the possibility that he might be required to fight on behalf of the British Empire against that of his father-in-law. His last years were overshadowed by marital difficulties, alcoholism and ill health, and the suicide of his only son and heir.… (más)
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So many typos that several sentences are indecipherable. Van der Kiste's researching abilities don't help. He seems to feel the need to throw everything he's learned at the reader with no coherent synthesis, so in one paragraph he'll tell you that, universally, adult Alfred was hated, then prove it by quoting someone who says child Alfred was often petulant, prove it further by quoting someone who says young man Alfred seemed to have a chip on his shoulder, and finish the paragraph by quoting someone saying Alfred was really quite an okay guy. Thesis proven?

But if you're like me and you're hungry for all the stories of Victoria's family, all the complicated dynamics, all the traipsing from Balmoral to Osborne to Windsor, then this is a rare source on Affie that contains some good stuff. Don't read it as your only biography of Victoria's children, but it's pretty fun as a supplement after you've read two or three others (one of them should be Hannah Pakula's incredible biography of eldest daughter Vicky, "An Uncommon Woman"). ( )
  susanbooks | Feb 8, 2021 |
John van der Kiste has written what may be the definitive biography on the subject of Alfred, Queen Victoria's Second Son. This is the second of two books written by van der Kiste on Alfred. However, the first one was published many years ago before some sources became available, and what we have here is a more complete picture of the man. The publisher, however, is sorely lacking in its editorial department. There are several glaring typos. Of supreme frustration are sentences with words that are missing. I find this to be inexcusable, as it doesn't take a genius to figure out the mistakes they made. Also, the book is without an index, which should be a staple of any biography. ( )
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Prince Alfred, who was created Duke of Edinburgh in 1866 and became Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gothain 1893, was the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A patron of the arts, pioneer philatelist and amateur violinist, he joined the Royal Navy as a boy and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet. At the age of eighteen he was elected King of Greece by overwhelming popular vote in a plebiscite, although political agreements between the Great Powers of Europe prevented him from accepting the vacant crown. The most widely traveled member of his family, he had visited all five continents by the age of twenty-seven, and while on a tour of Australia in 1868 he narrowly escaped assassination at the hands of a Fenian sympathizer. Married to Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, the only surviving daughter of Tsar Alexander II, at one stage he had to face the possibility that he might be required to fight on behalf of the British Empire against that of his father-in-law. His last years were overshadowed by marital difficulties, alcoholism and ill health, and the suicide of his only son and heir.

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