Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Brides [Paperback]

Though of eminent birth and status in their own right, the women ofCrowned in a Far Countryall left the countries of their birth to marry heirs to great thrones. They all shared an inbred sense of duty and a genuine desire to see it performed. None fought against what she saw as her destiny but only sought to fulfill it. Some were passionate, others less so. Some were good wives; some were caring mothers. They were all catalysts, the pivots of their worlds for a time.

More than just a window into the politics and power brokering of royal marriage,Crowned in a Far Countrycharts the transformations of privileged princesses into women of power and historical importance.Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kentis the author of two previous books,Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal BridesandCupid and the King: Five Royal Paramours.For more than ten years, the Princess has pursued a successful career lecturing on historical topics. She lives with her husband, Prince Michael of Kent, in Kensington Palace in London and in their seventeenth-century manor house in Gloucestershire, England.