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Memoirs of the Courts of Sweden and Denmark (v. 1); During the Reigns of Christian Vii. of Denmark and Gustavus Iii. and Iv. of Sweden
Memoirs of the Courts of Sweden and Denmark During the Reigns of Christian Vii of Denmark and Gustavus Iii and Iv of Sweden - v. 1 Author:John Brown Volume: v. 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1818 Original Publisher: Printed for the Grolier Society Subjects: Sweden Denmark History / Europe / General History / World History / Renaissance History / Europe / Scandinavia Travel / Europe / Denmark Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprin... more »t of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IIL The Character and Person of Christian VIl. -- Demoralised by His Cruel Stepmother Portrait of Caroline Matilda at Fifteen Years of Age -- Reflections on, and Instances of, the Unhappiness of Royal Women Secret Memoirs of Gustavus Ill. and His Queen. -- The Princess Albertina. -- Unhappy Love. -- An Extraordinary Expedient, its Detection The Secret History of the Birth of Gustavus IV, Adolphus, now Count Gottorp. The person of the young King, though considerably under the middle height, was finely proportioned, light and compact, but yet possessing a considerable degree of agility and strength. His complexion, remarkably fair; his features, if not handsome, were regular; his eyes blue, lively, and expressive; his hair very light; he had a good forehead and aquiline nose; a handsome mouth and a fine set of teeth. He was elegant rather than magnificent in his dress; courteous in his manners; of A very amorous constitution; warm and irritable in his temper; but his anger, if soon excited, was easily appeased; and he was generous to profusion. Such was the person and disposition of Christian Vll. when he ascended the throne of Denmark. The reigning Queen, Juliana, failing in her attempts to take the life of the heir-apparent, adopted a method scarcely less cruel to effect the destruction of this young and thoughtless prince. It was her influence that, during his father's li...« less