by Anna Kirwan
PRINCE CHARLES OF LEININGEN: Victoria’s half-brother.
PRINCESS CHARLOTTE: only child of King George IV; married to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE (“Grandma’am”): Victoria’s paternal grandmother; wife of George III.
EDWARD AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF KENT: Victoria’s father; son of George III.
PRINCESS ELIZABETH: Victoria’s aunt; daughter of George III.
ERNEST, DUKE OF CUMBERLAND: Victoria’s uncle; son of George III.
ERNEST, PRINCE OF HOHENLOHE-LANGENBURG: husband of Victoria’s half-sister, Princess Feodora of Leiningen.
ERNEST I, OF SAXE-COBURG SAALFELD: (1) Duchess of Kent’s and Prince Leopold’s older brother; (2) his son, Albert’s elder brother.
PRINCESS FEODORA OF LEININGEN: Victoria’s half-sister.
FREDERICK, DUKE OF YORK: Victoria’s uncle; son of George III.
KING GEORGE III: Victoria’s grandfather.
KING GEORGE IV: Victoria’s uncle; son of George III.
PRINCE GEORGE OF CUMBERLAND: Victoria’s cousin; son of Duke Ernest.
PRINCE LEOPOLD OF SAXE-COBURG AND SAALFELD: Victoria’s uncle and mentor; brother of Duchess of Kent.
PRINCESS SOPHIA: Victoria’s aunt; daughter of George III.
VICTOIRE OF SAXE-COBURG AND SAALFELD, DUCHESS OF KENT: Victoria’s mother; sister of Prince Leopold.
KING WILLIAM IV (Duke of Clarence): Victoria’s uncle; son of George III.
Friends, attendants and associates
MRS ARBUTHNOT: friend of the Duchess of Kent.
MADAME BOU[R]DIN: Victoria’s dancing teacher.
MRS BROCK (“Brocky”): Victoria’s nurse.
LORD BROUGHAM: Whig Member of Parliament.
SIR JOHN CONROY: the Duchess of Kent’s financial comptroller.
VICTOIRE CONROY: daughter of Sir John Conroy.
LADY CONYNGHAM: wife of the Lord Chamberlain.
MR (THOMAS) COUTTS: banker for Victoria’s mother.
REVEREND GEORGE DAVYS: Victoria’s tutor.
QUEEN MARIA DA GLORIA OF PORTUGAL: married Prince Ferdinand of Coburg, Victoria’s cousin.
PRINCESS DOROTHEA DE LIEVEN: wife of the Russian ambassador to George IV’s court.
BARONESS DE SPAETH: lady-in-waiting to Victoria’s mother.
LORD JOHN ELPHINSTONE: officer in the Royal Horse Guards.
BISHOP FISHER OF SALISBURY: uncle of Sir John Conroy’s wife.
LADY CATHERINE JENKINSON: lady-in-waiting to Victoria’s mother.
MRS LOUIS: Leopold’s Claremont housekeeper.
BARONESS LOUISE LEHZEN: Victoria’s governess.
SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE: Prince Leopold’s friend.
DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND: Victoria’s governess.
ROBERT OWEN: pioneer of the cooperative movement.
MR JOHN SALE: Victoria’s music instructor.
DR CHRISTIAN VON STOCKMAR: Leopold’s physician.
ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON: Tory Prime Minister and commander-in-chief.
MR RICHARD WESTALL: Victoria’s art instructor.
Family pets
DASH: Victoria’s mother’s tan-and-white King Charles spaniel.
FANNY: Victoria’s black-and-tan terrier.
ROSA: Victoria’s grey pony.
While this book is based on a real character and actual historical events, some situations and people are fictional, created by the author.
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First published in the US by Scholastic Inc, 2001
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