![]() ![]() ![]() Attracted to both men and women, yet disgusted by the idea of sex, Christina was most comfortable in masculine garb, critical of women and bitterly aware of the limitations society placed on women. Nor, says Buckley, did homosexuality lead her to decline marriage but a larger sexual ambivalence. Nor did a true love of philosophy encourage her fateful invitation to Descartes to come to Stockholm, but a restless, clever mind and a belief in her own great potential. The author, in her debut, convincingly demonstrates that it wasn't religion that drew Christina to Rome, but a love of art and the ancients. Buckley presents a wide-ranging, entertaining exploration of the dynamics of the queen's decision and unusual life. Christina abdicated the throne of Lutheran Sweden in 1654, at age 28, presumably in order to convert to Catholicism. ![]()
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