I love everything about this one. First off, the book itself is beautiful. I love the Warhol-esque pop art portrait of Queen Victoria on the cover (I think it’d make for a cute t-shirt or tote screenprint). On the back of the book jacket there’s an old-fashioned newspaper page with articles about di...
Michaela MacColl’s Prisoners in the Palace is a fictional story surrounding the time in History just before Queen Victoria began her rein over Britain. MacColl’s study into Victoria’s diaries is apparent and more than makes her plot seem real and true to life. Her imagination and intriguing characte...
Prisoners in the Palace: How Princess Victoria became Queen with the Help of Her Maid, a Reporter, and a Scoundrel by Michaela MacColl brings to life a part of history that is not much covered in Young Adult literature. We all know about the Victorian era, but how much do any of us know about Queen ...
Entertaining historical fiction of the year preceding Victoria's ascension to the British throne through the eyes of a ladies' maid. While I balked at the convention used to place the fictional character in place to witness the action inside Kensington Palace, I thought the pacing of this story and ...
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