Victorias Daughters, Jerrold M. Packard
Victorias Daughters, Jerrold M. Packard
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Victoria's Daughters

Author: Jerrold M. Packard

Narrator: Heather Wilds

Unabridged: 12 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/21/2017


Synopsis

Vicky, Alice, Helena, and Beatrice were historically unique sisters, born to a sovereign who ruled over a quarter of the earth's people and who gave her name to an era: Queen Victoria. Two of these princesses would themselves produce children of immense consequence. All five would curiously come to share many of the social restrictions and familial machinations borne by nineteenth-century women of less-exulted class.

Principally researched at the houses and palaces of its five subjects in London, Scotland, Berlin, Darmstadt, and Ottawa—and entertainingly written by an experienced biographer whose last book concerned Victoria's final days—Victoria's Daughters closely examines a generation of royal women who were dominated by their mother, married off as much for political advantage as for love, and finally passed over entirely with the accession of their brother Bertie to the throne. Jerrold M. Packard provides valuable insights into their complex, oft-tragic lives as daughters of their time.


About Jerrold M. Packard

Jerrold M. Packard is the author of Farewell in Splendor, American Nightmare, and The Lincolns in the White House, among other books.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wealhtheow on August 09, 2010

Queen Victoria's eldest daughter was born 17 years before the youngest. Her daughters had drastically different relationships with their parents: their mother alternated between codependency and harsh dislike for each of them. Their father lavished attention on some and gave almost none to others: V......more

Goodreads review by Margaret on February 14, 2010

A hugely informative and entertaining book about Queen Victoria and Prince Consort Albert's five daughters (four sons also lived to maturity), who among them gave birth to a future kaiser (Wilhelm II), tsarina (Alexandra, she of the untimely end on 1918), and queen (Victoria Eugenia of Spain), as we......more

Goodreads review by Belinda on July 05, 2022

4 stars - English Ebook Five women who shared one of the most extraordinary and privileged sisterhoods of all time... Vicky, Alice, Helena, Louise, and Beatrice were historically unique sisters, born to a sovereign who ruled over a quarter of the earth's people and who gave her name to an era: Queen......more

Goodreads review by Mela on August 04, 2020

I have enjoyed it as much as possible because I knew enough about history to not feel confused but not so much to feel bored. So, to me, it was an interesting journey through time. I know now more not only about Victoria's family but also about e.g. German history (I just have to catch up with this......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on February 23, 2018

I enjoyed this book. I have read a few books about Queen Victoria but they have mostly focused on her childhood, early years and relationship with Albert. I found this a quick read, it was entertaining. Often times it read as a novel, but with so, SO, SO many in this cast of characters even with a l......more