Book description
On the morning of 20th June 1837, an eighteen-year-old girl is called
from her bed to be told that she is Queen of England. The Victorian
age has begun.
The young queen's first few years are beset with court scandal and
malicious gossip: there is the unsavoury Flora Hastings affair, a
source of extreme embarrassment to the queen; the eternal conflict
between Victoria and her mother, and the young queen's hatred of Sir
John Conroy, her mother's close friend.
Then there is the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne - 'Lord M' -
worldly cynic and constant companion to the queen, himself a veteran
of many a latter-day scandal. He proves to be her guiding light -
until the dashing Prince Albert appears and she falls hopelessly in
love ...
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
