Victoria's Daughters (Paperback, St Martin's Griffin ed)

Five women 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 ninetheenth-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.

General

Imprint:	St Martin's Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 1999
First published:	December 1999
Authors:	Jerrold M Packard
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	370
Edition:	St Martin's Griffin ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-24496-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Royalty Books > Biography > Royalty Promotions
LSN:	0-312-24496-7
Barcode:	9780312244965

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