Victoria's Daughters by Jerrold M. Packard Paperback Book

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Author: Jerrold M. Packard

Narrator: Heather Wilds

Format: Unabridged-MP3

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Published: Mar 2017

Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Royalty

Retail Price: $29.99

Discs: 1

Synopsis

Vicky, Alice, Helena, 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 curiously come to share many of the social restrictions and familial machinations borne by nineteenth-century women of less-exulted class. Principally researched at the houses and palaces of its five subjects in London, Scotland, Berlin, Darmstadt, and Ottawa-and entertainingly written by an experienced biographer whose last book concerned Victoria's final days-Victoria's Daughters closely examines a generation of royal women who were dominated by their mother, married off as much for political advantage as for love, and finally passed over entirely with the accession of their brother Bertie to the throne. Jerrold M. Packard provides valuable insights into their complex, oft-tragic lives as daughters of their time.

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BookLender review by trekfann on 2015-09-28 21:26:33

If you have any interest in the English Royal Family during this time, or the Victorian era in general you should read this book.