The Regent's Daughter

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Summary: The reagents daughter/Jean Plaidy
Review: I enjoyed the depth of "behind the scene" of a Royal family. The secrets,lies,and royal problems were of great intrest to me. I enjoyed this book greatly.

Rating:
Summary: The reagents daughter/Jean Plaidy
Review: I enjoyed the depth of "behind the scene" of a Royal family. The secrets,lies,and royal problems were of great intrest to me. I enjoyed this book greatly.

Rating:
Summary: The reagents daughter/Jean Plaidy
Review: I enjoyed the depth of "behind the scene" of a Royal family. The secrets,lies,and royal problems were of great intrest to me. I enjoyed this book greatly.

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Summary: A No Win Situation
Review: The tragic story of Princess Charlotte, only child of George IV and Caroline of Brunswick, is more than just history, it's a tale not uncommon to today's children of divorce. Even though her parents never divorced, Princess Charlotte was a true child of divorce. She was caught between two adults who loathed each other.

Her mother, always given to excessive familiarities and eccentricities, was starved for love and lavished it in excess on her daughter. For all this, Caroline was unable to truly give her daughter what she needed, when she needed it.

Although Charlotte inherited her father's looks, she reminded him too much of her mother. As a result, George IV kept her at a distance, yet he played her for a pawn and denied her the comfort and companionship of her mother.

Even her grandmother, Queen Charlotte, and her spinster aunts looked upon her with critical eyes, finding fault in any behavior that reminded them of her mother. It's no surprise that Princess Charlotte developed a nervous stutter and lived down to their expectations that she'd be a graceless reminder of her mother. In the British royal family, one can see all social pathologies and human foibles writ large.

Charlotte found happiness in the end but died giving birth to a stillborn child. Her death set the stage for another princess, one who would become Queen Victoria. Once more, Jean Plaidy makes history easy to read and clear to the casual reader.

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Summary: One of my favorite Jean Plaidy books!
Review: This is one of my favorite Jean Plaidy books (along with all of her pen names), which is saying a lot since she has written hundereds! This book tells the story of the result of the ill-fated marriage between George IV, then Prince of Wales, and Caroline of Brunswick. Charlotte, their only child, lived a sad life always trying to win love from those she loved.

Plaidy writes this story perfectly with impressive attention to historical detail. If anyone is interested in starting to read Plaidy's work, this is a wonderful place to start (but where is is not?!).

Rating:
Summary: One of my favorite Jean Plaidy books!
Review: This is one of my favorite Jean Plaidy books (along with all of her pen names), which is saying a lot since she has written hundereds! This book tells the story of the result of the ill-fated marriage between George IV, then Prince of Wales, and Caroline of Brunswick. Charlotte, their only child, lived a sad life always trying to win love from those she loved.

Plaidy writes this story perfectly with impressive attention to historical detail. If anyone is interested in starting to read Plaidy's work, this is a wonderful place to start (but where is is not?!).