My Name Is Victoria (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763688073)

By turns thrilling, dramatic, and touching, this is the story of Queen Victoria's childhood as you've never heard it before.

Miss V. Conroy is good at keeping secrets. She likes to sit as quiet as a mouse, neat and discreet. But when her father sends her to Kensington Palace to become the companion to Princess Victoria, Miss V soon finds that she can no longer remain in the shadows. Her father is Sir John Conroy, confidant and financial advisor to Victoria's mother, and he has devised a strict set of rules for the young princess that he calls the Kensington System. It governs Princess Victoria's behavior and keeps her locked away from the world. Sir John says it's for the princess's safety, but Victoria herself is convinced that it's to keep her lonely and unhappy. Torn between loyalty to her father and her growing friendship with the willful and passionate princess, Miss V has a decision to make: continue in silence or speak out. In an engaging, immersive tale, Lucy Worsley spins one of England's best-known periods into a fresh and surprising story that will delight both young readers of historical fiction and fans of the television show featuring Victoria.

Author: Lucy Worsley
ISBN-10: 076368807X
ISBN-13: 9780763688073
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 05/08/2018
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.90w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 03/01/2018 pg. 125
Publishers Weekly 03/19/2018
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2018 pg. 142
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory