Sophie Dorothea
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Behind the gilded facades of the late seventeenth-century European courts lay a world of political intrigue, forced marriages, and devastating personal tragedy — and few lives illustrate this more powerfully than that of Sophie Dorothea of Celle. Ruth Jordan's Sophie Dorothea chronicles the life of the ill-fated princess who, trapped in a loveless marriage to the future George I of Britain, embarked on a passionate and ultimately fatal love affair with the dashing Swedish count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, an affair that would seal her doom and confine her to castle imprisonment for over thirty years until her death. Jordan presents her subject with meticulous historical scholarship balanced by a vivid, empathetic narrative style that breathes life into court documents and diplomatic correspondence alike. The biography uncovers the brutal machinery of dynastic power and the crushing subjugation of women within aristocratic society, themes that resonate far beyond the specifics of Sophie Dorothea's tragic circumstances. Written with elegant precision, this is a portrait of a woman history sought to erase — and a compelling reminder that the personal is always, inescapably, political.
Author: Ruth Jordan
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Behind the gilded facades of the late seventeenth-century European courts lay a world of political intrigue, forced marriages, and devastating personal tragedy — and few lives illustrate this more powerfully than that of Sophie Dorothea of Celle. Ruth Jordan's Sophie Dorothea chronicles the life of the ill-fated princess who, trapped in a loveless marriage to the future George I of Britain, embarked on a passionate and ultimately fatal love affair with the dashing Swedish count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, an affair that would seal her doom and confine her to castle imprisonment for over thirty years until her death. Jordan presents her subject with meticulous historical scholarship balanced by a vivid, empathetic narrative style that breathes life into court documents and diplomatic correspondence alike. The biography uncovers the brutal machinery of dynastic power and the crushing subjugation of women within aristocratic society, themes that resonate far beyond the specifics of Sophie Dorothea's tragic circumstances. Written with elegant precision, this is a portrait of a woman history sought to erase — and a compelling reminder that the personal is always, inescapably, political.