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Victoria's Daughters

Books | Biography & Autobiography / Royalty

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Jerrold M. Packard
The story of the five daughters of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert who shared one of the most extraordinary and privileged sisterhoods of all time.Vicky, Alice, Helena, Louise, and Beatrice were historically unique sisters, born to a sovereign who ruled over a quarter of the earth's people and who gave her name to an era: Queen Victoria. Two of these princesses would themselves produce children of immense consequence. All five would face the social restrictions and familial machinations borne by nineteenth-century women of far less exalted class.Researched at the houses and palaces of its five subjects—in London, Scotland, Berlin, Darmstadt, and Ottawa—Victoria's Daughters examines a generation of royal women who were dominated by their mother, married off as much for political advantage as for love, and passed over entirely when their brother Bertie ascended to the throne. Packard, an experienced biographer whose last book chronicled Victoria's final days, provides valuable insights into their complex, oft-tragic lives as scions of Europe's most influential dynasty, and daughters of their own very troubled times.“Packard's narrative is accessible, unpretentious, and solidly written . . . He manages to treat historical events succinctly while emphasizing the princesses' individual lives and family relationships, their talents in music and art, their patronage of schools and hospitals, and their pioneering advocacy of women's education and employment.” ―Publishers Weekly
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Author
Jerrold M. Packard
Pages
401
Publisher
Macmillan + ORM
Published Date
1999-12-23
ISBN
1429964901 9781429964906

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