Princess Alexandrina Victoria spent her first 18 years trapped in the System. Her mother, the Duchess of Kent devised the plan along with Sir John Conroy. Keep the heir from the public, ostensibly for her safety; strictly control her few contacts; read her diary; and never allow her to be alone. Among the few strictly vetted people she was allowed to know was Victoria Conroy, and the future queen's diary does not snow any affection towards "Miss V." But...what if that was a ruse, that the two Victorias were actually close friends? Lucy Worsley creates an alternate history, in which the volatile royal Victoria sees her friend as an ally rather than a spy, and the advisor's daughter walks a fine line between protecting the princess and giving her father just enough information to keep her position. As with her other YA novel, Maid in the King's Court, Worsley introduces romance, this time with the Saxe-Colburg brothers. We know how that really ended, but Worsley has a plot twist to keep it interesting (and possibly...no, that would be a spoiler).
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