{"product_id":"letters-to-vicky-first-folio-society-edition-signed","title":"Letters to Vicky (First Folio Society Edition, Signed)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(44, 92, 79);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueen Victoria’s letters to her eldest daughter, from the Princess Royal’s marriage into the Prussian court to the year of both women’s deaths, selected and introduced by the historian Andrew Roberts and signed by him.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eVictoria Princess Royal, known in the family as Vicky, married Prince Frederick of Prussia in 1858 and left England for Berlin. The letters that passed between her and her mother over the next forty-three years form one of the great dynastic correspondences of the nineteenth century. Vicky’s husband reigned briefly as Frederick III in 1888, and her son became Wilhelm II. The queen wrote to her about politics, family and Prussia, and about the court she had left. The Folio edition does not offer new transcriptions. It is abridged from six earlier published compilations, issued between 1964 and 1990 (\u003cem\u003eDearest Child\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eBeloved \u0026amp; Darling Child\u003c\/em\u003e), with Roberts selecting and introducing. His signature to the title is the only manuscript feature of this copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVICTORIA, Queen.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLetters to Vicky.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Correspondence between Queen Victoria and her Daughter Victoria, Empress of Germany, 1858–1901. Selected and introduced by Andrew Roberts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst Folio Society edition, signed by Roberts (the editor) to the title.\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo. xxxiv, 749pp., with colour and black-and-white photographs and a large folding genealogical chart to the rear. Royal blue buckram, decorated to the cover and spine in gold and red, in the publisher’s black slipcase. Fine. A clean and bright copy throughout. The slipcase shows some mild shelf markings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNot currently on display in store. For viewing or more information, please contact: \u003ca href=\"mailto:rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\" title=\"Harry Hartog Rare Book Department\"\u003erarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000950\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68832120897779,"sku":"1110003024961","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/1_0b78fc54-bbf2-4c81-8ed7-e99320d8552d.png?v=1794199862","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/letters-to-vicky-first-folio-society-edition-signed","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}