Northern Crowns: The Kings of Modern Scandinavia
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (610 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0750918128 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
bookworm said Four Stars. An easy to read book, interesting, good information.. "Northern Crowns: the Kings of Modern Scandinavia" according to Anna Werner. This is an excellent book! It is full of important historical information, dates, names and descriptions of key figures in Royal history, and the like. If you are doing research on recent Scandinavian monarchs, this is a great place to begin! If you want to know how a Danish prince came to be th. "Interesting but not great" according to A Customer. The title may be catchy but don't expect to get a book on modern day kings like Arthur. My humanities teacher assigned this book and our first impression was something along the lines of a movie but it really wasn't. This book is just about the people and influences that make a big influence in
The book also considers the political backgrounds to the monarchs' reigns; as well as examining the suspected pro-German leanings of Gustav V, the author describes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905, which eventually led to the election of Christian IX's grandson as Haakon VII.. He uses unpublished sources and photographs to show how they relate to modern European history. John Van der Kiste's book takes in the principal monarchies of Scandinavia going back to the beginning of the 19th century