Your Dear Letter: Private Correspondance of Queen Victoria and the Crown Princess of Prussia, 1865-1871

This is a third book of correspondence between Queen Victoria and her oldest daughter, Vicky, married to the Crown Prince of Prussia, between 1865-1871. These letters (as in all the collections edited by Mr. Fulford) provide a picture of each woman's personality. I always think you can't really know about a historical person until you've read a selection of their letters, which I why I like to do so; reading their letters gives you the circumstances, and their actual feelings about them --not just their opinions and emotions 'interpreted' by a biographer. I recommend this book, together with the other collections of letters edited by Roger Fulford, to everyone interested in Queen Victoria and her family. They really are windows to the emotions and the personalities of Queen Victoria and her oldest daughter. Also, these letters are a pleasure to read because they are written by two women who each had a true gift for expression, as well as being historically interesting and informative.