The Three Crowns Epub
“Eight days before his birth his father had died suddenly and his mother had ordered that her lying-in chamber should be hung with black crêpe; and even the cradle was black.
“A dismal welcome for a child,” mused the midwife, and she shook her head for she believed it to be an evil omen.
If the child were a boy, he would be the Prince of Orange; his father was lamentably dead, it was true; but she believed that the entry of a child into the world should be a matter for rejoicing.
The Princess of Orange was English. She was considered one of the most fortunate members of the unlucky Stuart family in those days of exile which had followed the execution of Charles I. She had helped her brothers, Charles and James, by giving them refuge in Holland; she had been devoted to them both and one of her most cherished hopes was to see Charles restored to the throne of England.
And now she had to face her own tragedy. The death of her William, Stadtholder of Holland, only a short time before she h...oped to give him a son.MoreLess
“A dismal welcome for a child,” mused the midwife, and she shook her head for she believed it to be an evil omen.
If the child were a boy, he would be the Prince of Orange; his father was lamentably dead, it was true; but she believed that the entry of a child into the world should be a matter for rejoicing.
The Princess of Orange was English. She was considered one of the most fortunate members of the unlucky Stuart family in those days of exile which had followed the execution of Charles I. She had helped her brothers, Charles and James, by giving them refuge in Holland; she had been devoted to them both and one of her most cherished hopes was to see Charles restored to the throne of England.
And now she had to face her own tragedy. The death of her William, Stadtholder of Holland, only a short time before she h...oped to give him a son.MoreLess
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