Under His Spell - Luv Lubker

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Résumé :
A beautiful love story between the Princess Royal Victoria and Prince Fritz Wilhelm, later German Emperor and Empress Frederick III. When Prince Fritz of Prussia visits England in 1851, he steps into a world unlike his own: warm, informal, and full of ideals. Amid the marvels of the Great Exhibition, he forms a bond of intellect with Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, the curious and talented Princess Vicky. Years later, their bond, formed in innocence, grows into one of history's most passionate royal marriages, but danger lurks nearby. Fritz's ambitious uncle, Prince Karl, has different dreams for his country. Determined to crush those he cannot seduce, he wields dark powers from the shadows behind the throne. Through the years, Vicky and Fritz face loss, endure the harrowing birth of their first child - the future Kaiser Wilhelm II - and find the courage to rebuild their love after the unimaginable. Rather than tracing Bismarck's rise to power, Under His Spell reveals an untold side of German history through Vicky and Fritz's ideals, hopes, and struggles. Fans of Clare McHugh's A Most English Princess, Theresa Sherman's The Royal Mob, and Daisy Goodwin's Victoria will be captivated by this historically and emotionally rich opening to The Rival Courts saga....

Sommaire:
A beautiful love story between the Princess Royal Victoria and Fritz Wilhelm, Frederick III of Prussia A lonely young man attends the first World's Fair - the Great Exhibition of 1851 - and meets a family who changes his life forever. Follow the young Prince Fritz - later Friedrich III - of Prussia and his wife, Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Vicky, (parents of Kaiser Wilhelm II) through their courtship and the joys and struggles of their first four years of marriage. Fritz and Vicky dream of a peaceful united Germany, but Fritz's uncle Karl has his own dreams of power... Discover often hinted at but unrevealed secrets of the Prussian Royal court......