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The Summer Queen

By: Margaret Pemberton
Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
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Osborne House, 1879. Queen Victoria has occupied the British throne for over 40 years. Bringing together her extended family from across Europe offers a chance for old alliances to be strengthened and new unions to be forged. May Teck, daughter of a duke and princess, is constantly reminded that she lacks the pedigree to be a true royal.

Alicky lives in the shadow of her older siblings, until she meets the heir to the Russian throne, who sweeps her off to his homeland. And then there is Willy, destined to be the future kaiser of Germany. As shifting forces of power send warning ripples across Europe, an unavoidable war looms on the horizon....

©2019 Margaret Pemberton (P)2019 Soundings Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Victorian Women's Fiction Royalty Romance War Russia
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A very enjoyable story/history, lots of characters to absorb, which I’m not sure I did, excellent narrator who lifted the story off the pages - I shall definitely read this story again.

Excellent story

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While this book certainly wasn’t a page turner it was very well written and performed. The story is constrained as it is historical fiction but I enjoyed hearing events from Queen Mary’s point of view. Good book for a long walk or drive.

Enjoyable

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Once you get your head around the vast family names this is a wonderful depiction of an amazing period of British and European history. I inhaled it and constantly checked historical accounts against it. I love this author’s novels.

Really enjoyable

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It took quite a while to get into the story and memorise all the vast family names but after that I was hooked. Beautifully read and a great historical reference

Wonderful

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Brilliant, I will be listening to it again as there is so much detail. Ver well read.

Brilliant

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