The Adventures Of Alice Laselles By Alexandrina Victoria Aged 10 3/4

Author: Alexandrina Victoria

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  • : $29.99 AUD
  • : 9781909741188
  • : Royal Collection Enterprises Limited
  • : Royal Collection Enterprises Limited
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  • : May 2015
  • : 268mm X 215mm X 11mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : July 2015
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  • : Alexandrina Victoria
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Barcode 9781909741188
9781909741188

Description

To my dear Mamma. This, my first attempt at composition, is affectionately and dutifully inscribed by her affectionate daughter, Victoria.
 
Long before she became queen, a young Princess Victoria took a keen interest in writing during her studies with a private tutor at Kensington Palace. When she was just ten and three-quarters, she created the story of Alice Laselles as an exercise in English composition. The story is now kept safe in its little marbled notebook in the Royal Archives, and it is published here for the first time.

The Adventures of Alice Laselles centers on young Alice and her thoroughly charming companions at the highly recommended Miss Duncombe's School for Girls. Scandalizing news soon spreads among the students that someone has brought a cat into the honeysuckled cottage. And though Alice would never dream of doing so undutiful a thing, the transgressing tabby wears a red ribbon round its neck on which is written her name. Will the mystery be disclosed and Alice's innocence proven by dinnertime?
An enchanting children's story written by a real princess, The Adventures of Alice Laselles is illustrated with characters created from Victoria's own collection of paper dolls, drawn for her by her governess and delicately hand-colored by Victoria herself. It will enchant and captivate every little princess today.

Author description

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) grew up in Kensington Palace as an only child. She studied with private tutors and spent her free time with her dolls and her governess.