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100 1  Basford, Elisabeth,|eauthor. 
245 10 Princess Mary :|bThe First Modern Princess /|cElisabeth 
       Basford. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bThe History Press,
       |c[2021] 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    1 online resource (288 pages) 
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520    "'At last a biography of Princess Mary, the Queen's aunt -
       - and a good one... She has long deserved a full study and
       in Elisabeth Basford, she has found a dedicated and 
       sympathetic biographer, who has done her full justice' 
       Hugo Vickers Princess Diana is seen as the first member of
       the British royal family to tear up the rulebook, and the 
       Duchess of Cambridge is modernising the monarchy in 
       strides. But before them was another who paved the way. 
       Princess Mary was born in 1897. Despite her Victorian 
       beginnings, she strove to make a princess's life 
       meaningful, using her position to help those less 
       fortunate and defying gender conventions in the process. 
       As the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, she 
       would live to see not only two of her brothers ascend the 
       throne but also her niece Queen Elizabeth II. She was one 
       of the hardest-working members of the royal family, known 
       for her no-nonsense approach and her determination in the 
       face of adversity. During the First World War she came 
       into her own, launching an appeal to furnish every British
       troop and sailor with a Christmas gift, and training as a 
       nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital. From her dedication
       to the war effort, to her role as the family peacemaker 
       during the Abdication Crisis, Mary was the princess who 
       redefined the title for the modern age. In the first 
       biography in decades, Elisabeth Basford offers a fresh 
       appraisal of Mary's full and fascinating life."--
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600 00 Mary,|cPrincess Royal, Countess of Harewood,|d1897-1965. 
650  0 Princesses|zGreat Britain|vBiography. 
650  7 HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century.|2bisacsh 
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700 1  Vickers, Hugo,|eauthor. 
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