Advice to my grand-daughter: Letters from Queen Victoria to Princess Victoria of Hesse

I m biased because I ve been focusing my research on Princess Victoria for years, but this book is wonderful in so many ways Richard Hough had a special access to the Broadland Archives, so this material is unique Queen Victoria s writing is always interesting and entertaining, but here you can really see the close relationship she had with her granddaughter the letters right after Victoria s mother Alice died are especially touching There s a lot of information on all the family, other royaltie [...]

This was a pleasure to read, not only because of Queen Victoria s absorbing style of writing, but because of the editor author s skill in arrangement and commentary The author arranges the letters chronologically, and regularly includes a paragraph or two of commentary between letters, to explain significant names, phrases, or allusions to events After the 27th royal named Victoria and the 18th Louis Louise, I ll admit that I gave up trying to keep track of royal connections That being said, the [...]

As a teenager myself, I found Queen Victoria s advice to her and my namesake unnervingly useful It also gave me a glimpse of the Queen s personality that can sometimes be lost in biographies I read this after reading Queen Victoria s letters to and from Vicky, the Crown Princess of Prussia, so I was inundated with her very individual writing style I would recommend this book to someone who is looking to expand their knowledge of Queen Victoria, but who knows enough not to be surprised at her ste [...]