In this sumptuous group portrait of the six daughters of "Mad" King George III,
acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser takes us into the heart of the British royal
family during the tumultuous period of the American and French revolutions.
Drawing on their extraordinary private correspondence, Fraser gives voice to
these handsome, accomplished, extremely well-educated women: Princess Royal, the
eldest, constantly at odds with her mother; home-loving, family-minded Augusta;
plump Elizabeth, a gifted amateur artist; Mary, the bland beauty of the family;
Sophia, emotional and prone to take refuge in illness; and Amelia, "the most
turbulent and tempestuous of all the Princesses." Never before has the
historical searchlight been