A Most English Princess - Clare McHugh Kartoniert (TB)

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 king dom 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.