A Most English Princess

"In this sweeping, immersive novel, Clare McHugh draws readers into the mesmerizing world of the eldest

daughter of Queen Victoria – Princess Vicky – as she emerges into a powerful

force in her own right and ascends to become the first German

Empress.” —Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room  

Perfect for fans of the BBC's Victoria,

Alison Pataki's The Accidental

Empress, and Daisy Goodwin's Victoria, this

debut novel tells the gripping and tragic story of Queen Victoria’s eldest

daughter, Victoria,

Princess Royal.

To the world, she was Princess Victoria, daughter of a queen, wife of an

emperor, and mother of Kaiser Wilhelm. Her family just called her Vicky…smart,

pretty, and self-assured, she changed the course of the world.

January 1858: Princess Victoria glides down the aisle of St James Chapel to

the waiting arms of her beloved, Fritz, Prince Frederick, heir to the powerful

kingdom of Prussia. Although theirs is no mere political match, Vicky is

determined that she and Fritz will lead by example, just as her parents

Victoria and Albert had done, and also bring about a liberal and united

Germany.

Brought up to believe in the rightness of her cause, Vicky nonetheless

struggles to thrive in the constrained Prussian court, where each day she seems

to take a wrong step. And her status as the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria

does little to smooth over the conflicts she faces. 

But handsome, gallant Fritz is always by her side, as they navigate court intrigue, and challenge the cunning Chancellor Otto von Bismarck,

while fighting for the throne—and the soul of a nation. At home they endure

tragedy, including their son, Wilhelm, rejecting all they stand for.

Clare

McHugh tells the enthralling and riveting story of Victoria, the Princess

Royal—from her younger years as the apple of her father Albert's eyes through her rise to power atop the mighty German empire to her final months of

life.