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

      

      Christina Queen of Sweden

      Veronica Buckley

      

      For C.R.B.,

       my father, who’s always known how to tell a good story

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

Christina’s Family Tree (Paternal)

Christina’s Family Tree (Maternal)

PART ONE

Prologue

Birth of a Prince

Death of a King

The Little Queen

Love and Learning

Acorn Beneath an Oak

Warring and Peace

Pallas of the North

       Tragedy and Comedy

       Hollow Crown

       The Road to Rome

       Abdication

       PART TWO

       Crossing the Rubicon

       Rome at Last

       Love Again

       Fair Wind for France

       The Rising Sun

       Fontainebleau

       Aftermath

       Old Haunts, New Haunts

       Débâcle

       Mirages

       Glory Days

       Journey’s End

       P.S.

       About the author

       From Music to Mondaleschi

       LIFE at a Glance

       FAVOURITE NOVELS

       A Writing Life

       About the book

       Queen Christina’s Myth

       Read on

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       Epilogue

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index

       Author’s Notes

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       Praise

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       Christina’s Family Tree (Paternal)

       Christina’s Family Tree (Maternal)

PART ONE

       Prologue

      Nowadays, if you have a few pounds to spare, you can buy a copy of The Times, printed on the day you were born. Leafing through the pages, you glean something of the world as it was at the time of your own arrival. You see recorded the lives