Book description
The young Princess Victoria, strictly confined within the boundaries
of Kensington Palace, is being moulded for her awesome future as Queen
of England. Surrounded by her dolls and closely guarded by her
domineering mother and faithful governess, she slowly becomes aware of
the bitter conflicts that surround her.
The jealous and scheming Duke of Cumberland is a constant threat to
her rightful accession . . . her mother's sinister friend, Sir John
Conroy, makes her uneasy . . . and the bickering between her mother
and the king seems neverending.
Growing up is proving difficult for the princess. She longs for her
eighteenth birthday when at last she will be free to rule the nation
as she pleases and to re-acquaint herself with the gallant Prince Albert.
Jean Plaidy, one of the pre-eminent authors of historical fiction for
most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English
author Eleanor Hibbert, also know as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's novels
had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her death
in 1993. For further information about our Jean Plaidy reissues and
mailing list, please visit
www. randomhouse. co. uk/minisites/jeanplaidy
