Perfect for fans of the BBC's Victoria Alison Pataki's The Accidental Empress and Daisy
Goodwin's Victoria this debut novel tells the gripping and tragic story of Queen Victoria's
eldest daughter Victoria Princess Royal.To the world she was Princess Victoria daughter of
a queen wife of an emperor and mother of Kaiser Wilhelm. Her family just called her
Vicky...smart pretty and self-assured she changed the course of the world.January 1858:
Princess Victoria glides down the aisle of St James Chapel to the waiting arms of her beloved
Fritz Prince Frederick heir to the powerful kingdom of Prussia. Although theirs is no mere
political match Vicky is determined that she and Fritz will lead by example just as her
parents Victoria and Albert had done and also bring about a liberal and united Germany.Brought
up to believe in the rightness of her cause Vicky nonetheless struggles to thrive in the
constrained Prussian court where each day she seems to take a wrong step. And her status as
the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria does little to smooth over the conflicts she faces.But
handsome gallant Fritz is always by her side as they navigate court intrigue and challenge
the cunning Chancellor Otto von Bismarck while fighting for the throne-and the soul of a
nation. At home they endure tragedy including their son Wilhelm rejecting all they stand
for.Clare McHugh tells the enthralling and riveting story of Victoria the Princess Royal-from
her younger years as the apple of her father Albert's eyes through her rise to power atop the
mighty German empire to her final months of life.
