Memoirs of Leonora Christina, Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark by Ulfeldt
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"Memoirs of Leonora Christina, Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark" by Leonora Christina is an autobiography completed in 1674. Written after twenty-two years of imprisonment in Copenhagen's Blue Tower, this work chronicles the author's captivity with vivid detail and dark humor. Drawing on biblical references and shifting between languages, Christina transforms her suffering into Denmark's finest 17th-century prose work. Her intimate account blends authentic experience with dramatization, creating a defensive yet elegant
narrative that captures prison life's grotesque and moving realities. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina, grevinde, 1621-1698 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Bunnett, F. E. (Fanny Elizabeth), 1833?-1875 |
| LoC No. | 14011674 |
| Title |
Memoirs of Leonora Christina, Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammers_Minde |
| Credits | E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from scanned images of public domain material generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (books.google.com/) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DL: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Northern Europe, Scandinavia |
| Subject | Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina, grevinde, 1621-1698 -- Imprisonment |
| Subject | Princesses -- Denmark -- Biography |
| Subject | Women political prisoners -- Denmark -- Biography |
| Subject | Denmark -- History -- Frederick III, 1648-1670 -- Sources |
| Subject | Denmark -- History -- Christian V, 1670-1699 -- Sources |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 38128 |
| Release Date | Nov 24, 2011 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 673 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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