Susan Symons is the author of several books involving Queen Victoria and books about German castles, appropriately named “Schloss.”
The book “Queen Victoria in Cornwall” focuses on Queen Victoria’s visit to Cornwall in 1846 with her husband, Prince Albert, and their two eldest children, Victoria, Princess Royal, and the Prince of Wales (who was also Duke of Cornwall).
I am a little on the fence about this book. The information is very well researched, and the writing is excellent. However, sometimes the information veers a bit too much off the royal path, for example, an entire page is dedicated to Cornish Marble. The illustrations are nice and are placed with the information rather than in the middle of the book, which I prefer. Nevertheless, there is only so much you can do to make a visit like this exciting, and I am not sure an entire book was the way to go.
Queen Victoria in Cornwall by Susan Symons is available now in the UK and the US.
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