Prisoners in the palace

By Michaela MacColl

Subjects: Self-reliance, Victoria,, Historical Fiction, Kings, queens, rulers, etc., fiction, Great britain, history, 19th century, fiction, Childhood and youth, Historical fiction, London (england), history, fiction, Household employees, fiction, Orphans, fiction, Household employees, Fiction, Children's fiction, Orphans, Juvenile fiction, History, Self-reliance, fiction

Description: Recently orphaned and destitute, seventeen-year-old Liza Hastings earns a position as a lady's maid to sixteen-year-old Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1836, the year before Victoria becomes Queen of England.