The Mystery of Princess Louise by Lucinda Hawksley
The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden forever. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumour and gossip than hard facts? This book presents a portrait of a princess desperate to escape her inheritance.
Satisfyingly replete with eye-popping stories of life at the various palaces -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *
The fullest biography yet of a princess who was friends with Josephine Butler, a feminist and advocate for the health of sex workers, well deserves its place on the shelf -- Lucy Worsley * Sunday Express *
Lively, engaging and buoyantly enthusiastic, Hawksley's gallant but necessarily speculative book should encourage the royal archivists to stop being so protective -- Miranda Seymour * Sunday Times *
I've always wanted to know more about Princess Louise.. Biographies of Kate Perugini and Elizabeth Siddal – who moved in similar artistic circles – drew Hawksley to her. Court secrecy meant that resourcefulness was needed to write it -- Ruth Richardson * Times Higher Education *
Hawksley's entertaining and lengthy book gives a vivid insight into Victorian royal life and the repressions and sexual hypocrisies of those days -- Anthony Looch * UK Press Syndication *
The fullest biography yet of a princess who was friends with Josephine Butler, a feminist and advocate for the health of sex workers, well deserves its place on the shelf -- Lucy Worsley * Sunday Express *
Lively, engaging and buoyantly enthusiastic, Hawksley's gallant but necessarily speculative book should encourage the royal archivists to stop being so protective -- Miranda Seymour * Sunday Times *
I've always wanted to know more about Princess Louise.. Biographies of Kate Perugini and Elizabeth Siddal – who moved in similar artistic circles – drew Hawksley to her. Court secrecy meant that resourcefulness was needed to write it -- Ruth Richardson * Times Higher Education *
Hawksley's entertaining and lengthy book gives a vivid insight into Victorian royal life and the repressions and sexual hypocrisies of those days -- Anthony Looch * UK Press Syndication *
Lucinda Hawksley is a writer and lecturer on art history and nineteenth-century history. She has written biographies of the pre-Raphaelite muse Lizzie Siddal, Charles Dickens, and Katey, one of Dickens’ children. She is the great great great granddaughter of Charles and Catherine Dickens and is a patron of the Charles Dickens Museum in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780701183493 |
| ISBN 10 | 0701183497 |
| Title | The Mystery of Princess Louise |
| Author | Lucinda Hawksley |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2013-11-21 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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