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Book Review of Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria

Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria
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This book was very interesting as I didn't know much about any of these women except Tsarina Alexandra. A more comprehensive genealogical chart would have been helpful. Many siblings were mentioned with no place to look for them if you missed a passing reference earlier in the book. Also confusing was the use of more than one name for many people. She switched back and forth in the same paragraph as if she was talking about more than one person, but then I realized it was the same person. Several times I had to go back and hunt for the introduction to that person to find out if they really were the same person.