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 Childhood at Court 1819-191 - John Van der Kiste
 Childhood at Court 1819-191 - John Van der Kiste ... royal children in the Victorian and Edwardian periods, from the isolated childhood of Queen Victoria to the children of George V.Newest Review: ... her children or grand-children. Nothi ng ... more ... could have been further from the truth! She loathed the whole experience of childbearing and was not very keen on young babies, whom she likened to frogs! We are then taken through the early married life of the Queen and Prince Albert and the arrival of each of their children. It is hard to comprehend how little involvement aristocratic parents had with their children at the time. They spent only a short time each day with them, preferring them to be brought up by nursery nurses, maids and governesses or school masters. ...more |
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Childhood at Court 1819-191 - John Van der Kiste: Victorian Children (1389 words)
by - written on 18/04/03 (Very useful, 421 readings)
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Before getting stuck into this review I will come clean. I know the author. Actually I have come to know the author quite well, but to be fair I didn’t when I first read one of his books. Before you accuse me of bias you ought to know, and John would tell you the same, that if I needed to be I would probably be his fiercest critic. Mercifully it has never been necessary! Then again, most of you know him too as we are lucky enough to have him contribute to this site. Childhood at Court is an enthralling read from start to finish. I felt that it transported me back through time to the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It is a fascinating look ... Read the complete review
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