LUCINDA HAWKSLEY is a writer and lecturer on art history and nineteenth-century history. She is the great, great, great granddaughter of Charles and Catherine Dickens and is a patron of the Charles Dickens Museum in London.
[I]lluminating Hawksley conveys Louise's story fully and clearly, but just as importantly, she shows the devastating damage Queen Victoria inflicted on her extensive family --Kirkus [A] sympathetic portrait of Queen Victoria's 'unconventional' daughter... Hawksley shows that Louise was 'ahead of her time' in supporting women's rights and was one of the most intriguing of Victorian women --Publishers Weekly Strong in its presentations of its subject's personality and social circles --Library Journal It's these whispers that make Lucinda Hawksley's new biography such an intriguing prospect.... Satisfyingly replete with eye-popping stories of life at the various palaces.... [I was] caught up with this improbable princess, a beautiful, charming woman. --The Observer Lively, engaging and buoyantly enthusiastic, Hawksley's gallant but necessarily speculative book should encourage the royal archivists to stop being so protective. --The Sunday Times