Queen Victoria's Children

The list author says:
	"For Victoria and Albert's nine children, their personal lives and their countries' histories were often one and the same.  This book is an excellent starting point."

The list author says:
	"This book covers all nine children, not just the daughters.  The history is largely thematic and, as with all of Van der Kiste's work, is filled with detail and background."

The list author says:
	"This collection of family photos, spanning 1860 to World War II, is an achievement in its own right."

The list author says:
	"TV drama captures Victoria and Albert's often uncomfortable and confused approach to parenting.  The statues we see every day belie the fact that they were barely out of their teens themselves."

The list author says:
	"Biography of the oldest child, Victoria, the Empress Frederick, the mother of Kaiser Wilhelm.  This book is an utter masterpiece."

The list author says:
	"No one chooses to be born royalty, much less heir to the throne - much less to have Victoria and Albert as parents."

The list author says:
	"The ill-fated third child, Alice, the mother of the equally tragic Empress Alexandra of Russia."

The list author says:
	"Number four, Alfred, 'Affie'.  It is harsh to say that Victoria's children each had a symbolic and functional role, but she would have thought no less."

The list author says:
	"Helena, child number five, who struggled to find a place for herself outside her mother's shadow."

The list author says:
	"Prince Arthur, number six, whose contributions to British history do indeed merit their own biographer."

The list author says:
	"Every family has at least one spirited, unorthodox, 'odd' child, and in this family, it was Princess Louise.  You find yourself smiling at her little rebellions and exploits."

The list author says:
	"Eight, Leopold.  His mother's favorite and the first harbinger of the family's haemophilia."

The list author says:
	"No modern biography exists for Princess Beatrice, the ninth and last child, and every bit her mother's daughter.  Instead, read the life of Victoria Eugenia, Beatrice's daughter, the Queen of Spain."

The list author says:
	"The grandchildren: the life of Princess Victoria Melita, Alfred's daughter, was something that no Hollywood writer could ever have come up with!"

The list author says:
	"The grandchildren: Queen Marie of Roumania, another of Alfred's daughters, had another remarkable life."

The list author says:
	"The grandchildren: excellent book about how the connected royals struggled to adapt politically and as a family from 1901 to 1936.  This book is a strong complement to political and military studies."

The list author says:
	"The grandchildren: exquisite costume drama about George V's sick and epileptic son, Prince Johnnie, who was hidden away as an embarassment, told against the backdrop of prewar Sandringham.  Amazing."

The list author says:
	"The grandchildren: before they were the Tsar and Empress of All the Russias, they were Edward's nephew Nicky and Alice's daughter Sunny.  Understanding that gives Massie's masterpiece a new dimension."