Jane Ridley

What was the secret of Queen Victoria’s rebel daughter?

Lucinda Hawskley thinks she knows. But her The Mystery of Princess Louise presents no hard evidence

Coloured photograph of Princess Louise dating from the early 1880s by the society photographer Alexander Bassano [Copyright: www.bridgemanart.com] 
issue 11 January 2014
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  • The Mystery of Princess Louise

    Lucinda Hawksley

    Chatto, pp. 374

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