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Dearest Vicky, Darling Fritz: The Tragic Love Story of Queen Victoria's Eldest Daughter and the German Emperor.

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It was a rarity indeed that a royal marriage would be a happy one; that was never the idea of alliances such as the one between Victoria, Princess Royal, and Crown Prince Frederich of Prussia--but a happy marriage is exactly what they had. A partnership between a good man and an exceptionally intelligent, perceptive, loving woman. Vicky was maligned in her adopted country, gossiped about, belittled, and ultimately emotionally abused by her two eldest children, but she remained a remarkable woman nonetheless. This is a fascinating book about a devoted couple.

the princess royal was raise to be a enlighten empress of prussia by prince albert.when she married prince fritz heir to prussia throne they life and future look bright.but the emperor never trusted his son and his english bride. they were keep out of important matters of state.cruel and hurtful lies were told to destroy the popularty with prussia people.there first son to me was insane and was so cruel to his parents.when fritz finally became emperor he was dying of cancer only regien for 99 days.vicky had to grieve the love of her life ,her hateful son cruelity to her.this book is a good read .

Dearest Vicky Darling Fritz was a very interesting book and also very informative. When reading it I felt very sad for Vicky and Fritz for all the things they had to go threw, such as children who made trouble for them, a minister who did not like them, Fritz's father who would not give them the respect they diserved, and to top it off Fritz's death of cancer four months after becoming Kaiser Fredrick III.

This was fairly interesting and well written, but for a good, thorough biography of Princess Vicky, "An Uncommon Woman" is a far better choice. On the other hand, if you are looking for a fairly brief overview of her life and loves, this book will spare you the extreme detail found in "Uncommon Woman."

Throughout history, it was rare for a royal marriage to be a loving one, this is the story of Vicky and Fritz, a prince and princess so in love, but perhaps with and ending that wasn't as happy as it began.

The story goes into immense detail about a time and place I didn't know as much about beforehand. I love it when a book like this, even a short one, can work as a little mini classroom in which I immerge more enlightened. I found the author immerses you into the setting and brings his subjects to life. Vicky and Fritz, though so devoted to one another, unfortunately, did not have the fairy-tail ending that should have begun on the day of their wedding. You'll have to read the book for all the details on what could have been. Perhaps WWI may not have happened, if one man had been a little more cordial with his parents. Great biography!

i felt so bad how vicky and fritz were treated by his family and country,if given a chance they could had did many great things for their country.they marriege was one few love matchs in europe.but the cruelity by their oldest son who belittled undermine his own parents.vicky losing two childern brought tears to my heart.