The captive of Kensington Palace (Queen Victoria series ; 1)

About this book

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 mothers 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.