Very informative overview of nine children and 38 grandchildren of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and how would they describe their own lives in their own words as though they are writing short autobiography at the end of their lives.

Based on hystorical facts and sources, mainly letters,

As I already said, the facts are interesting, but the language is pretty dull, almost encyclopedic.

This is a nice little omnibus about the children and grandchildren of Queen Victoria. There’s a unique angle in that each individual subject is “composing” a letter at the end of their life. The letter is created using source documents so very well done.

I think this is a good entry as a general history lesson, a good foundational update for those of us the love reading royal histories. Some of the entries get repetitive, when you’re on the 5th grandchild by child X and the opening is the same except for birth order and the name/birthplace but outside of that jar a nice little read.

I received an advance copy from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.