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The Queen, Her Lover and the Most Notorious Spy in History

By: Roland Perry
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Long before her successful marriage to Prince Albert, Princess Victoria had an affair with the dashing Scottish 13th Lord Elphinstone. After the liaison was exposed, Elphinstone was banished to India, appointed Governor of Madras, which allowed Victoria's mother to engineer a royal union for her with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg. After five years of pining for Elphinstone, Victoria finally gave in and married Albert. Despite a successful marriage, Victoria never forgot Elphinstone and after a decade in India he returned to her side as Lord-in-Waiting at Court. He only left her to take up the critical role of Governor of Bombay during the Indian Uprising of 1857. Elphinstone died soon after in June 1860 from a fever. Many attempts were made to bury the memory of Lord Elphinstone, his long-running relationship with the monarch and his grand service for the Empire, but Victoria recorded it in letters to her confidant, her first-born, the Princess Royal: 'Vicky'. The revealing correspondence, like a ticking time-bomb, sat in a German castle attic until 1945 when King George VI, Victoria's great-grandson, sent a courtier, MI5 operative Anthony Blunt, on seven special missions to gather the letters.©2014 Roland Perry (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Europe Politics & Government Royalty
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Interesting but presumptive

So much dialogue without references. Well read and interesting story, but plays like a “based on a true story” soap opera.

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Enlightening Read

Enjoyed this book, how the authors perspective captured the complicated and real yet personal aspect of a Royal life we all know about. Very interesting if you like the royal family history.

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Keep it up!

The more that is known about the true royals, the better to see through and do away with this anachronistic affront to the principle of human equality.

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Not really a history

This book was categorized as History, but it's not 100% history. Parts of it seem factual, but at other times it seems like a bad romance novel. Lots of invented conversations and a few other questionable assertions in the book really make me doubt how much if any of it is true.

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