In the late 1630s, lured by the promise of the New World, Andrea Stuart's earliest known maternal ancestor, George Ashby, set sail from England to settle in Barbados. He fell into the life of a sugar plantation owner by mere chance, but by the time he harvested his first crop, a revolution was fully[...]
In the late 1630s, Andrea Stuart's earliest known maternal ancestor set sail from England, lured by the promise of the New World, to settle in Barbados where he fell by chance into the lucrative life of a sugar plantation owner. With George Ashby's first crop, the cane revolution was underway and wo[...]
Joséphine är den osannolika berättelsen om kvinnan som var en av sin tids mest omsvärmade skönheter och som med sin intelligens och charm överlevde skräckens och terrorns tid i Paris under revolutionen och till slut blev kejsarinna av Frankrike: Marie-Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie (1763[...]
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