The Last Princess
Subtitle: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: February 19, 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780312376987
Subjects: Great Britain - History - 19th Century; Monarchy And Aristocracy; History; Biography / Autobiography; History: World; Europe - Great Britain - General; Historical - British; Royalty; History / Great Britain; 1819-1901; 1857-1944; Beatrice,; Biography; Family; Great Britain; Princess, consort of Henry, Prince of Battenberg,; Princesses; Queen of Great Britain,; Victoria,
Table of contents: title: Family trees; title: 'It is a fine child'; title: 'The most amusing baby we have had'; title: 'Paroxysms of despair'; title: 'The bright spot in this dead home'; title: 'Beatrice is quite well'; title: 'A nervous way of speaking and laughing'; title: 'Auntie Beatrice sends you many loves'; title: 'Youngest daughters have a duty to widowed mothers'; title: 'The flower of the flock'; title: 'A good, handy, thoughtful servant'; title: 'She is my constant companion'; title: 'Dear Beatrice suffered much from rheumatism'; title: 'If only she could marry now'; title: The handsomest family in Europe; title: 'Many daughters have acted virtuously, but thou excelleth them all'; title: 'The fatal day approaches'; title: 'There now burnt a bewitching fiery passion'; title: 'Capital fun'; title: 'A simple life, with no great incidents'; title: 'Blighted happiness'; title: 'I have taken up my life again'; title: 'I ... can hardly realize what life will be like without her'; title: 'I have my dear Mother's written instructions'; title: 'Osborne ... is like the grave of somebody's happiness'; title: 'Please God the young couple may be very happy'; title: 'Days of overwhelming anxiety'; title: 'The older one gets more one lives in the past'; title: 'She struggled so hard to "carry on"'