She was fond of hunting, and could shoot at a mark with wonderful skill.

But dancing was the only feminine accomplishment with which she had any acquaintance.
She was so restless in her disposition that none of her attendants were sure of a moment's quiet neither day nor night.

She grew up, I am sorry to say, a very unamiable person, ill-tempered, proud, stubborn, and, in short, unfit to make those around her happy or to be happy herself.

Let every little girl, who has been taught self-control and a due regard for the rights of others, thank Heaven that she has had better instruction than this poor little Queen of Sweden.
At the age of eighteen Christina was declared free to govern the kingdom by herself without the aid of a regency.

At this period of her life she was a young woman of striking aspect, a good figure, and intelligent face, but very strangely dressed.