QUEEN VICTORIA'S MYSTERIOUS DAUGHTER: A BIOGRAPHY OF By Lucinda Hawksley *Mint*

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ISBN-10
1250130360
Publication Name
A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin
Type
Paperback
ISBN
9781250130365
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
1250130360
ISBN-13
9781250130365
eBay Product ID (ePID)
228628577

Product Key Features

Book Title
Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter : a Biography of Princess Louise
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Royalty, Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Historical
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Lucinda Hawksley
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.6 in

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Reviews
"[I]lluminating Hawksley conveys Louise's story fully and clearly, but just as importantly, she shows the devastating damage Queen Victoria inflicted on her extensive family" --Kirkus "[A] sympathetic portrait of Queen Victoria's 'unconventional' daughter... Hawksley shows that Louise was 'ahead of her time' in supporting women's rights and was "one of the most intriguing of Victorian women" -- Publishers Weekly "Strong in its presentations of its subject's personality and social circles" -- Library Journal "It's these whispers that make Lucinda Hawksley's new biography such an intriguing prospect.... Satisfyingly replete with eye-popping stories of life at the various palaces.... [I was] caught up with this improbable princess, a beautiful, charming woman." - -The Observer "Lively, engaging and buoyantly enthusiastic, Hawksley's gallant but necessarily speculative book should encourage the royal archivists to stop being so protective." - -The Sunday Times
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
941.081092 B
Synopsis
Intrigue, scandal, and secrets abound in this lush royal biography penned by the great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens., Spirited and lively, Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter is richly packed with arguments, intrigues, scandals, and secrets, and is a vivid portrait of a princess desperate to escape her inheritance. The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden forever. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumor and gossip than hard facts? When Lucinda Hawksley started to investigate, often thwarted by inexplicable secrecy, she discovered a fascinating woman, modern before her time, whose story has been shielded for years from public view. Louise was a sculptor and painter, friend to the Pre-Raphaelites and a keen member of the Aesthetic movement. The most feisty of the Victorian princesses, she kicked against her mother's controlling nature and remained fiercely loyal to her brothers-especially the sickly Leopold and the much-maligned Bertie. She sought out other unconventional women, including Josephine Butler and George Eliot, and campaigned for education and health reform and for the rights of women. She battled with her indomitable mother for permission to practice the "masculine" art of sculpture and go to art college-and in doing so became the first British princess to attend a public school. The rumors of Louise's colorful love life persist even today, with hints of love affairs dating as far back as her teenage years, and notable scandals included entanglements with her sculpting tutor Joseph Edgar Boehm and possibly even her sister Princess Beatrice's handsome husband, Liko. True to rebellious form, she refused all royal suitors and became the first member of the royal family, since the sixteenth century, to marry a commoner. She moved with him to Canada when he was appointed Governor-General.

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