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The Lost Queen

The Life & Tragedy of the Prince Regent's Daughter

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The Lost Queen

By: Anne M. Stott
Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
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As the only child of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick, Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817) was the heiress presumptive to the throne.

Her parents' marriage had already broken up by the time she was born. She had a difficult childhood and a turbulent adolescence, but she was popular with the public, who looked to her to restore the good name of the monarchy.

When she broke off her engagement to a Dutch prince, her father put her under virtual imprisonment and she endured a period of profound unhappiness. But she held out for the freedom to choose her husband, and when she married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg she finally achieved contentment.

Her happiness was cruelly cut short when she died in childbirth at the age of 21 only 18 months later. A shocked nation went into mourning for its "people's princess", the queen who never was.

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Clear diction but irritating pronunciation of words like Monarchy! A not unusual word in the context. Good exploration of Charlottes life.

A good book but irritating pronounciation

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I had high hopes of this book because though the story of Princess Charlotte’s tragic death is fairly well known, not much is said about her life.

Sadly, a book that really did have the potential to be very interesting, was made quite difficult to plough through because of the terrible narration. On several occasions her dull and robotic delivery was so boring, I fell asleep and missed bits of the book. Still, I suppose the book could be recommended as an insomnia cure, but that doesn’t seem fair to say because it wasn’t the writer who was at fault. It was the terrible narrator. I could have lived with her mispronunciation - I have never heard Esher pronounced quite like that, or, for that matter, monarchy, but I could overlook that. What is difficult to overlook is the lack of interest in the subject the narrator shows. She treats the book as nothing more than a telephone directory.

Unfortunately, having listened to this once, I don’t think I could listen to it again, unless it was read by a different narrator.

Interesting book ruined by narrator

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One always thinks of royals leading a privileged lifestyle but this Princess was treated abominably by the very people who should have been caring for her.
The narrator was intensely irritating with her persistent mispronunciations and lack of tonal inflection. Doesn’t anyone ever edit these audiobooks?

A litany of royal cruelty

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The narration is not the best. But I’ve heard worst for sure.
The story is very engaging and I didn’t want it to end! Perfect for those of us who reread Pride and Prejudice every two months.

Didn’t want it to end

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Tracing Charlotte’s life provides a fascinating angle from which to view the Regency years. The book is as much about her parents as about her, which is understandable. It also provides an intriguing picture of Caroline of Brunswick and a glimpse of George III’s treatment of his daughters and gives a general impression of how dysfunctional the royal household was in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. All of this puts the upbringing of the future Queen Victoria in a context we don’t hear that much about.
The narration is a little robotic at times, with a few mispronunciations (no one ever pronounces ‘Belvoir’ correctly so it’s not the end of the world) but perfectly clear and I had no problem with it.

Interesting window onto a fascinating period

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