The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter - Hardcover

Matthew Dennison has written Beatrice's biography as though it was a novel, which must be the best way to treat a life which was so much more a matter of feeling than incident. This is an engaglingly sympathetic, balanced and intelligent biography which trimphantly succeeds in bringing to live the princess who, ever since the age of four, has been in the shadow of her mother. (JANE RIDLEY THE SPECTATOR)

An engrossing biography of Queen Victoria's youngest daughter that focuses on her relationship with her wilful mother. Beautifully written. (TATLER)

Dennison emerges as a natural storyteller, succeeding in the difficult task of turning a relatively uneventful, acquiescent life into a hugely satisfying biography. The Last Princess is emotionally sympathetic and beautifully written, its detail meticulous... a confident and disarmingly impressive debut (KATE COLQUHOUN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH)

This is an old fashioned biography about an old-fashioned subject. At a time when non-fiction writers are desperately thinking up fancy new ways to tell stories, there¿s something rather comforting about a narrative that has no embarassment in starting at the beginning. (KATHRYN HUGHES THE GUARDIAN)

It is an enthralling story, not just of a mother-daughter relationship but that of a monarch and her favourite subject. (MAJESTY MAGAZINE - BOOK OF THE MONTH)

the fascinating and somewhat asphyxiating relationship between the Queen and her daughter Beatrice. (VOGUE)

Kathryn Hughes in THE GUARDIAN:

'This is an old fashioned biography about an old-fashioned subject. At a time when non-fiction writers are desperately thinking up fancy new ways to tell stories, there's something rather comforting about a narrative that has no embarassment in starting at the beginning.'
JANE RIDLEY
THE SPECTATOR:
"Matthew Dennison has written Beatrice's biography as though it was a novel, which must be the best way to treat a life which was so much more a matter of feeling.' (MIRANDA SEYMOUR SUNDAY TIMES)

Matthew Dennison has researched assiduously in the Royal Archives at Windsor. He writes well. (MARK BOSTRIDGE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY)

¿Dennison tells a sorry, complex story with tact and sympathy¿ (THE TIMES)

Matthew Dennison paints a sympathetic portrait of a rather lonely child who eventually found love and fought for the right to marry the man she loved while never leaving her mother. (BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE)