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- catalog abstract ""She was born on a bitterly cold December night in 1626 and mistakenly declared a boy. On her father's death six years later she inherited the Swedish throne. She was educated as a prince, yet could eat and swear like the roughest soldier. She was painted a lesbian, a prostitute, a hermaphrodite and an atheist. She was learned but restless, progressive yet self-deceiving. Her leadership was erratic, her character unpredictable. No sooner had she enjoyed the lavish celebrations of her official coronation at 23, than she abdicated, converted to Catholicism and left her cold homeland behind for an extravagant new life in Rome." "The life of Christina, Queen of Sweden is a European story on the grandest and most eccentric scale. Christina was a child of her time and her time was one of great change. Europe stood at a crossroads where religion and science, antiquity and modernity, peace and war all met. Christina stood at these crossroads too, stirring, astonishing, and dazzling all who met her."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13236939.
- catalog coverage "Sweden History 1523-1654.".
- catalog coverage "Sweden Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""She was born on a bitterly cold December night in 1626 and mistakenly declared a boy. On her father's death six years later she inherited the Swedish throne. She was educated as a prince, yet could eat and swear like the roughest soldier. She was painted a lesbian, a prostitute, a hermaphrodite and an atheist. She was learned but restless, progressive yet self-deceiving. Her leadership was erratic, her character unpredictable. No sooner had she enjoyed the lavish celebrations of her official coronation at 23, than she abdicated, converted to Catholicism and left her cold homeland behind for an extravagant new life in Rome."".
- catalog description ""The life of Christina, Queen of Sweden is a European story on the grandest and most eccentric scale. Christina was a child of her time and her time was one of great change. Europe stood at a crossroads where religion and science, antiquity and modernity, peace and war all met. Christina stood at these crossroads too, stirring, astonishing, and dazzling all who met her."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Genealogy -- Birth of a Prince -- Death of a King -- The Little Queen -- Love and Learning -- Acorn Beneath an Oak -- Warring and Peace -- Pallas of the North -- Tragedy and Comedy -- Hollow Crown -- The Road to Rome -- Abdication -- Crossing the Rubicon -- Rome at Last -- Love Again -- Fair Wind for France -- The Rising Sun -- Fontainebleau -- Aftermath -- Old Haunts, New Haunts -- Debacle -- Mirages -- Glory Days -- Journey's End.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 494 p. :".
- catalog identifier "184115704X".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Fourth Estate,".
- catalog spatial "Sweden History 1523-1654.".
- catalog spatial "Sweden Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Sweden".
- catalog subject "948.5034092 21".
- catalog subject "Christina, Queen of Sweden, 1626-1689.".
- catalog subject "DL719 .B83 2004".
- catalog subject "Queens Sweden Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Genealogy -- Birth of a Prince -- Death of a King -- The Little Queen -- Love and Learning -- Acorn Beneath an Oak -- Warring and Peace -- Pallas of the North -- Tragedy and Comedy -- Hollow Crown -- The Road to Rome -- Abdication -- Crossing the Rubicon -- Rome at Last -- Love Again -- Fair Wind for France -- The Rising Sun -- Fontainebleau -- Aftermath -- Old Haunts, New Haunts -- Debacle -- Mirages -- Glory Days -- Journey's End.".
- catalog title "Christina, Queen of Sweden / Veronica Buckley.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".