367 pages
English language
Published 2010 by Chronicle Books.
Prisoners in the palace
how Victoria became queen with the help of her maid, a reporter, and a scoundrel : a novel of intrigue and romance
Recently orphaned and destitute, seventeen-year-old Liza Hastings earns a position as a lady's maid to sixteen-year-old Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1836, the year before Victoria becomes Queen of England.
Recently orphaned and destitute, seventeen-year-old Liza Hastings earns a position as a lady's maid to sixteen-year-old Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1836, the year before Victoria becomes Queen of England.
Subjects
- History
- Childhood and youth
- Orphans
- Household employees
- Self-reliance
- Fiction
Places
- Great Britain
- London (England)