Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. Packard provides valuable insights into their complex, oft-tragic lives as daughters of their time. Victoria's Daughters is written by Jerrold M. 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. Read 312 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. All five would curiously come to share many of the social restrictions and familial machinations borne by nineteenth-century women of less-exulted class. Packard, including Victorias Daughters, and American Nightmare: The History.
Two of these princesses would themselves produce children of immense consequence. Packard provides valuable insights into their complex, oft-tragic lives as daughters of their time. Packard See all books authored by Jerrold M. When a monarch rules as long and as prominently as Victoria, most books limit themselves to the highlights (or low points) of her reign. 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. Packard, Victorias Daughters tags: victorian-era 2 likes Like Victoria and Albert speedily assented. For anyone interested in reading about Queen Victoria and/or the British Royal Family, Victoria's Daughters by Jerrold Packard is sure to please.
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