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Queen Victoria's Descendants

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If you are wondering where Victoria's descendants are, this is the book for you. It is in two parts. The first part focuses on the families with many pictures from the author's own collection. The second part focuses on the genealogical information. The format is lucid and newcomers should have no trouble following the family lines. I highly recommend this book. It is a great addition to anyone's royal or historical library.

Queen Victoria's Descendants lists every known descendant of the queen as of the date of writing. It's a good starting point for those interested in royal history and a valuable reference work for historians and royal genealogists, but it's also an eye-opener for those who think Victoria's descendants are all rich, idle jet-setters.

I strongly recommend this book.

If all you want is names and dates, then _Burke's Guide to the Royal Family_ is a better, more detailed source. But if you want more juice, the slightly gossipy chapters of this book -- one chapter per family group -- are informative and well-illustrated, and filled with odd tidbits . . . such as the fact that Queen Margarethe of Denmark is an artist who has designed her country's Christmas seals and also illustrated an edition of _The Lord of the Rings._

This book is specially designed for people who are interested in learning about the descenadants of Queen Victoria. The layout helps in zooming in one the branch you are interested. The first part gives a brief overview of the families and the second part contains the actual genealogy.
It is accurate as of its publishing date and also has a supplement published to update the information present in it. It is a great reference book to own if you traverse through biographies of her (Queen Victoria's) descendants.