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The last princess : the devoted life of Queen Victoria's youngest daughter
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- Creator
- Matthew Dennison
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First U.S. edition
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008
- Physical Details
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- x, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780312376987, 0312376987
- OCLC
- ocn156832468
- Originally published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-289) and index.
- Family trees -- 'It is a fine child' -- 'The most amusing baby we have had' -- 'Paroxysms of despair' -- 'The bright spot in this dead home' -- 'Beatrice is quite well' -- 'A nervous way of speaking and laughing' -- 'Auntie Beatrice sends you many loves' -- 'Youngest daughters have a duty to widowed mothers' -- 'The flower of the flock' -- 'A good, handy, thoughtful servant' -- 'She is my constant companion' -- 'Dear Beatrice suffered much from rheumatism' -- 'If only she could marry now' -- The Handsomest family in Europe -- 'Many daughters have acted virtuously, but thou excelleth them all' -- 'The fatal day approaches' -- 'There now burnt a bewitching fiery passion' -- 'Capital fun' -- 'A simple life, with no great incidents' -- 'Blighted happiness' -- 'I have taken up my life again' -- 'I ... can hardly realize what life will be like without her' -- 'I have my dear Mother's written instructions' -- 'Osborne ... is like the grave of somebody's happiness' -- 'Please God the young couple may be very happy' -- 'Days of overwhelming anxiety' -- 'The older one gets more one lives in the past' -- "She struggled so hard to "carry on"'