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Word: topplers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1935-1935
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...portraits of the women who made up a large part of his life. Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Maria (1720-1788), like most royalty, was less racially pure than many of his subjects. His mother, Princess Clementina, was German-Polish, the granddaughter of John Sobieski, famed Turk-toppler. From her Prince Charlie inherited his charm, his love of adventure. Clementina's marriage with Pretender James was a runaway to romance that turned into a drab political alliance; the Old Pretender was not the glamorous figure his son turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Bonny Prince | 5/13/1935 | See Source »

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