When Queen Victoria died, Princess Beatrice received the painful task of preparing her mother's memoirs for publication—but what she found shook her to her core.
One morning, Alexander II's much-younger wife woke with a disturbing premonition: Her beloved husband would not survive to see sundown. Alexander simply brushed it off and went about his day—unaware her dark prediction was about to become violently true.
One morning, Alexander II's much-younger wife woke with a disturbing premonition: Her beloved husband would not survive to see sundown. Alexander simply brushed it off and went about his day—unaware her dark prediction was about to become violently true.
From West African princess to captive to Queen Victoria’s goddaughter, Sarah Forbes Bonetta makes the lives of Henry VIII’s wives look like child’s play.
