This intriguing installment of the Royal Diaries series will inspire many readers to delve deeper into Queen Victoria's life as the longest reigning queen of England. It is not until well into her two-year-long diary that Victoria pieces together her family tree to discover that she is next in line to the throne. The biggest secret of all, however, is one that is kept from our heroine. She promptly begins recording her secrets, daily trials, and naughty witticisms (her uncle, King George IV, has big, plump hands, "the size of a plucked quail.") in this very incongruous journal. Young Princess Victoria is constantly surrounded by family and advisors, allowing her no privacy and very few opportunities to express herself until she purloins an old ledger book from one of Kensington Palace's stables. Well, actually, it is, but it's not all fun. Being a princess is not all glittery parties and lavish holidays by the sea.
0 kommentar(er)
