Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric by Veronica Buckley

Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric

Veronica Buckley

370 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
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She was born on a bitterly cold December night in 1626 and, in the candlelight, mistakenly declared a boy. On her father's death six years later, she inherited the Swedish throne. She was tutored by Descartes, yet could swear like the roughest sol...

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