Victoria's Daughters
by Jerrold M. Packard
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Author: Jerrold M. PackardEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-12-23
ISBN: 0312244967
Number of pages: 370
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
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Book Review: A "don't miss it" book for those interested in this period of European history
Summary: 5 Stars
This period in European history has always intrigued me, and the roles women have played in history - from the most public to the most private - form another of my interests. So I picked up this book with delight at discovering it, and with high expectations. It didn't disappoint.
Victoria came to the throne of Britain at 18, after a childhood so dominated by her mother that she had never been allowed to sleep anywhere else but in her mother's room. She threw off that domination the minute her new status made it possible. She married the man of her choice - a suitable consort for a queen, to be sure! - and lived with him happily despite her dislike for what she called the "shadow side" (the physical side) of marriage. She bore nine children, and she turned her early widowhood into perpetual mourning for everyone around her. I knew all that. But I did not know the stories of the five remarkable women who were her daughters, and through their stories I learned a considerable amount I didn't already know about the entwined royal houses of Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. How did this world in which first cousins led their countries to war against each other come into being?
Each of Victoria's daughters is an individual in this book, one for whom the reader can feel both understanding and empathy. Each has her own destiny, and each has her own impact on her society as a person - not just as a daughter, wife, and mother. The level of detail may be overwhelming for a reader expecting light biography, but anyone who already knows the essentials of this time and place should find that detail both appropriate and enlightening.
--Reviewed by Nina M. Osier, author of "Love, Jimmy: A Maine Veteran's Longest Battle"
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