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Darling Queen - Dear old Bones: Queen Wilhelmina's correspondence with her English governess Miss Saxton Winter, 1886-1935 book cover

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Darling Queen - Dear old Bones Queen Wilhelmina's correspondence with her English governess Miss Saxton Winter, 1886-1935

Edited By Emerentia van Heuven-van Nes Copyright 2017
348 Pages
by Routledge

348 Pages
by Routledge
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This book presents a remarkable collection of letters from Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880-1962) and her governess, Elizabeth Saxton Winter (1855-1936), an Englishwoman. The earliest letters are those of a child, sent to Miss Winter when she was on holiday in England, but after Wilhelmina's education was finished in 1896 and she had no more need of a governess, she continued to write to... Read more
Foreword to English edition by Simon J.H. Smits, Foreword, Biographical sketch of Queen Wilhelmina, 1880—1962, Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Saxton Winter, 1855—1936, About the letters, The letters 1886—1935, Conclusion, Sources, Family Trees, Illustration credits, Index

Biography

Rob de Wijk is the Director of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and Professor of International Relations and Security at the Campus the Hague of Leiden University. He was previously a Professor in the field of International Relations at the Royal Netherlands Military Academy and Head of the Defense Concepts Department at the Dutch Ministry of Defense. Art historian Emerentia van Heuven-van Nes worked at Het Loo Palace National Museum for more than thirty years, where she was curator of prints, drawings and photographs, and head of the educational department. Het Loo Palace was the residence of the House of Orange-Nassau from the 17th century until the death of Queen Wilhelmina in 1962. Emerentia van Heuven-van Nes is the author of several books on the Dutch royal family.

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