The captive of Kensington Palace
By: Jean Plaidy
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Queen Victoria -- 1.; Queen Victoria series -- 01
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9780750533331
Subjects: Fiction; Queens; History
Description: The young Princess Victoria, strictly confined within the boundaries of Kensington Palace, is being moulded for her awesome future as Queen of England. Surrounded by her dolls and closely guarded by her domineering mother and faithful governess, she slowly becomes aware of the bitter conflicts around her. The jealous and scheming Duke of Cumberland is a constant threat to her rightful accession ... her mother's sinister friend, Sir John Conroy, makes her uneasy ... and the bickering between her mother and the king seems never-ending. She longs for her eighteenth birthday when at last she will be free.
Notes: Adult.