Purple Secret: Genes, Madness and the Royal Houses of Europe - Tapa dura

Rohl, John C. G.; Warren, Martin; Hunt, David

 
9780593041482: Purple Secret: Genes, Madness and the Royal Houses of Europe
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ISBN 10: 0593041488 ISBN 13: 9780593041482
Editorial: Bantam Press, 1998

Sinopsis

In the 1960s a theory was advanced that King George III suffered from a rare incurable blood disorder known as porphyria. It is an inherited disorder, and questions such as were his ancestors or descendents affected also, and with what consequences are addressed. Taking advantage of the developments in DNA sequencing techniques the porphyria strain is traced through the geneological maze of Europe's royal dynasties. This leads the text to the family of the German Kaiser, to the exhumation in Poland of a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and to Patients A and X, present-day descendents of the houses of Hanover and Windsor. In a collaboration between science and history, they reach the conclusion that the royal houses of Britain and Europe are still haunted by the ghost of George III.

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In the 1960s a theory was advanced that King George III suffered from a rare incurable blood disorder known as porphyria. It is an inherited disorder, and questions such as were his ancestors or descendents affected also, and with what consequences are addressed. Taking advantage of the developments in DNA sequencing techniques the porphyria strain is traced through the geneological maze of Europe's royal dynasties. This leads the text to the family of the German Kaiser, to the exhumation in Poland of a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and to Patients A and X, present-day descendents of the houses of Hanover and Windsor. In a collaboration between science and history, they reach the conclusion that the royal houses of Britain and Europe are still haunted by the ghost of George III.

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Editorial
Bantam Press
Año de publicación
1998
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0593041488
ISBN 13 
9780593041482
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
320
Contacto del fabricante
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