Queen Victoria's GeneQueen Victoria's Gene is the first extended scientific examination of the history of haemophilia in the royal families of Europe. The book asks where the disease came from and what effect it had on history, and in so doing it presents some startling new perspectives. Queen Victoria's son, Prince Leopold, died from haemophilia, but no member of the royal family before his generation had suffered from this very visible condition. Medically, there are only two possibilities: either one of Victoria's parents had a 1 in 50,000 random mutation, or Victoria was the illegitimate child of a haemophiliac man. |
Contents
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Duchess Louise with Ernst and Albert | 3 |
Sir John Conroy | 4 |
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Queen Victoria's Gene: Haemophilia and the Royal Family Professor D M Potts,W T W Potts Limited preview - 2011 |
Queen Victoria's Gene: Haemophilia and the Royal Family D. M. Potts,William Taylor Windle Potts No preview available - 1999 |
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