Prisoners in the Palace : How Princess Victoria Became Queen with the Help of Her Maid, a Reporter, and a Scoundrel

london, 1838. Sixteen-year-old Liza's Dreams Of Her Society Debut Are Dashed When Her Parents Are Killed In An Accident. Penniless, She Accepts The Position Of Lady's Maid To Young Princess Victoria And Steps Unwittingly Into The Gossipy Intrigue Of The Servant's World Below-stairs As Well As The Trickery Above. Is It Possible That Her Changing Circumstances May Offer Liza The Chance To Determine Her Own Fate, Find True Love, And Secure The Throne For Her Future Queen? meticulously Based On Newly Discovered Information, This Riveting Novel Is As Rich In Historical Detail As catherine, Called Birdy , And As Sizzling With Intrigue As the Luxe . publishers Weekly with The Tragic Death Of Her Parents, Liza Hastings's Life Is Upended In An Instant. Gone Is Her Money, Her Security, Her Hopes Of Coming Out This Season, And Her Station In Life As A Lady. Liza Is A Young Woman Left Alone In 19th-century London, A Precarious Position At Best. With No Other Options Before Her, Liza Lands A Position As A Maid--at Kensington Palace--to None Other Than Princess Victoria, The Future Queen Of England. In This Debut, Maccoll Offers A Whip-smart, Spunky Protagonist And A Worthy Heroine To Root For--liza's Prospects May Have Plummeted, But Her Spirits Never Do. And Though Princess Victoria Can Be Spoiled And Distressingly Unaware Of How Her Whims Can Make Or Break Someone's Livelihood, Maccoll Weaves Enough Goodness Into Victoria That She Never Becomes A Caricature. Court Intrigue Abounds As Victoria's Advisers Scheme To Usurp Her Power Upon The King's Death, And Liza Fights For Victoria's Rights As Much As For Her Own Station. Enter Will Fulton As A Dashing Romantic Interest For Liza, And This Delightful Story Is Complete. Ages 12–up. (oct.) In which Liza's circumstances change for the worse In which Liza's position is clarified In which Liza goes below stairs In which Liza is noticed and not noticed In which Liza takes up her duties In which Liza tries to win the affection of the Princess In which Liza strikes two bargains In which Liza sees both the carrot and the stick In which Liza goes outside with inside boy In which Liza confronts a newspaperman and a fallen woman In which Liza insists on the privacy of her thoughts In which Liza is fitted for a suitable ball gown In which Liza attracts the notice of a prince In which Liza and Victoria wish for the same thing In which Liza puts away her blacks In which Liza meets a royal personage In which Liza and Will have a private quarrel in a public house In which Liza receives an intriguing offer In which Liza witnesses a fall from grace In which Liza disrespects her betters In which Liza taunts a tyrant In which Liza learns to not underestimate Sir John In which Liza finds flash patter a useful language to know In which Liza dons a peculiar outfit to rescue the princess In which Liza negotiates with Sir John In which Liza curtsies to the new Queen of England In which Liza gives up her heart's desire for her heart's desire London, 1838. Sixteen-year-old Liza's dreams of her society debut are dashed when her parents are killed in an accident. Penniless, she accepts the position of lady's maid to young Princess Victoria and steps unwittingly into the gossipy intrigue of the servant's world below-stairs as well as the trickery above. Is it possible that her changing circumstances may offer Liza the chance to determine her own fate, find true love, and secure the throne for her future queen?

Meticulously based on newly discovered information, this riveting novel is as rich in historical detail as Catherine, Called Birdy, and as sizzling with intrigue as The Luxe.

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London, 1838. Sixteen-year-old Liza's dreams of her society debut are dashed when her parents are killed in an accident. Penniless, she accepts the position of lady's maid to young Princess Victoria and steps unwittingly into the gossipy intrigue of the servants' world below-stairs and the rampant trickery above. Is it possible that her changing circumstances may offer Liza the chance to determine her own fate, find true love, and secure the throne for her future queen? Meticulously based on newly discovered information, this engrossing novel is as rich in historical detail as Catherine, Called Birdy, and as sizzling with intrigue as The Luxe.

Recently orphaned and destitute, seventeen-year-old Liza Hastings earns a position as a lady's maid to sixteen-year-old Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1836, the year before Victoria becomes Queen of England.