"To see Germany great, not only with the sword, but in all that is right and good." - Vicky, Princess Royal & Crown Princess of Prussia
All About Me
Luv Lubker has lived in the Victorian era half her life, making friends with the Bronte sisters and the extended family of Queen Victoria. Now she knows them quite as well as her own family.
Born in a cattle trough in the Appalachian mountains, Luv lives in Texas - when she comes to the modern world.
When she isn't living in the Victorian era, she enjoys being with her family; making and eating delicious raw food, riding her bike (which she only learned to ride at 25 though she ridden a unicycle since she was 7), and watching animals - the passion of her childhood.
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"I always have a very good central idea and a fairly good idea of what the ending will be, but the rest flows out as if someone takes over my fingers and mind, I never quite know what adventures will develop." - Brian Jacques, author of Redwall and The Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series.
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A beautiful love story between the Princess Royal Victoria and Fritz Wilhelm, Frederick III of Prussia
A lonely young man attends the first World's Fair - the Great Exhibition of 1851 - and meets a family who changes his life forever.
Follow the young Prince Fritz - later Friedrich III - of Prussia and his wife, Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Vicky, (parents of Kaiser Wilhelm II) through their courtship and the joys and struggles of their first four years of marriage.
Fritz and Vicky dream of a peaceful united Germany, but Fritz's uncle Karl has his own dreams of power...
Discover often hinted at but unrevealed secrets of the Prussian Royal court...
From acclaimed Victorian historical author, Luv Lubker, the author of "Under His Spell" comes the continuing romance of the Princess Royal Victoria and Frederick III of Prussia.
Vicky's father, Albert, the Prince Consort, has just died, leaving her and her family under a heavy cloud of grief, without their dearest friend and advisor, at a most critical time: The political horizon grows dark with storm clouds at the entry of Bismarck to Germany's political stage in 1862.Will Fritz's courage stand the test as he confronts the spider in its web? Is Prussia really fighting for the rights of the Schleswig people, or is so much blood being shed for the sake of Prussia's aggrandizement? Join Vicky and Fritz on their journeys under the blue cloudless skies of the Mediterranean to the peaceful heather-clad hills of the Highlands of Scotland; to the burning heat of the North African desert to the raging blizzards of a winter war in Denmark. When Vicky's closest friend disappears, will she be able to keep the secret? Will old enemies prove to be friends, and old friends prove to be enemies?
Book Excerpt
But we were not the only human creatures in this room. On the other end of the sofa where the little girls sat was a little creature with big eyes – my big eyes except for the color – staring out knowingly at the world as I used to do.
Dear beautiful Baby – beautiful in spite of red hair and green eyes which speak so plainly of your heritage from Großpapa – I shall never know what you grow up to be, never hear of you again in our common lives. But I shall dream of you, dream I know how you grow and develop each day. You’ll never be a stranger to me, only I won’t know what you do with yourself, or if you still share this beautiful, cruel world with me.
Sometimes I think you will dream of me, too, perhaps? But why would you, dear Baby? But when I look into your eyes – I know, I know! I dream of many things which no one believes I could possibly remember, from when I was your contemporary (I don’t think that’s the right word).
How I wish you could share all these loves with me, but I will never again see your dear eyes light up as I place a rose – stripped, of course, of its thorns – in your dear baby hands, and hear your dear baby laugh. But my love goes with you, out into the beautiful world.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love historical romance, you will love this book
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2024 - LENA ANDREWS
This is a historical romance written by an amazing writer. She doesn't disappoint in her second book by bringing us into their lives and world with such detail that you feel like you are there and part of it. Her ability to describe everything, you feel like you can reach out and touch that's the sign of an outstanding author.
It begins with Vicky and her father consort Prince Albert, who has just passed away and has to deal with all the chaos that presents itself.
Vicky and Fritz, her husband, have dealt with difficult situations before, but this will really test them and their relationship. There are so many things going on that grab you, and you have you hooked wanting more. Her characters are well written, so you understand their complexities.
I was fortunate enough to read the first book prior to publication, now this one, and waiting impatiently for book 3, which is coming out soon. I'm hooked and will read anything she writes she's that good.
Love historical romance, get this book, and fall in love.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Love and marriage among royal houses of Britain and Prussia
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024 - MALVE VON HASSELL
An interesting ‘inside’ view of the life of the royal family in Prussia as well as in England, in many respects appalling and painful, with a vast amount of ‘skeletons’ in the proverbial familial closet. The story focuses on the relationship between the young Prince Frederick, later Emperor Frederick III, and Princess Vicky or Victoria, the oldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Tensions between Empress Augusta and Emperor Frederick Wilhelm in their respective approaches, one more liberal and intellectual, and the other rigid and leaning towards the martial are set against the marriage of Victoria and Albert, which appears relatively blissful. The author did a lot of research for her book. She devised an elaborate way to indicate the various shifting points of view in the telling of the story. The two main characters, Princess Vicky, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, and Prince Frederick, known as Fritz, are shown as appealing and likable characters, both highly educated, with a broad range of interests, and a liberal outlook, and their love for each other is movingly portrayed. The young princess had to contend with a profoundly difficult environment in the years of her marriage, always trapped between conflicting demands from her mother, Queen Victoria, and the demands of her in-laws and her mother-in-law in particular, aside from the negative attitudes expressed toward her for her more liberal ideas. Looking back, it is a tragedy that Fritz, who was to become Emperor Friedrich III, died within 99 days of assuming his position. The fate of Germany might have turned out differently.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Romance and Rebellion: The Fight for a Utopian Germany
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2024 - JAYBEE
This story, the first in a series of six by first time promising author Luv Lubker, follows the life & love story of Vicky, Queen Victoria's eldest daughter. From when she meets her future husband Fritz, the shortest reigning emperor of Germany, at the tender age of 10, through the exilerating, and often terrifying, first four years of their life together, as they attempt to unite Germany according to the peaceful and utopian ideals of their parents.
Fritz's uncle Carl, however, has other ideas for Germany's future. His ideas seem to be enforced by the mysterious powers he wields behind the scenes over so many of Germany's most important figures, reminiscent of an evil emperor we all know and despise from one of the most iconic movie series' of our time. Follow this battle of good vs evil to see who will prevail in this Star Wars-like saga set in Victorian Era Germany. But be warned, the historical parallels can be mesmerizing.
NOTE: Though I thoroughly enjoyed reading it to myself multiple times to catch the many nuanced layers of this remarkable story, I must add that the story is really brought to life in the audible version by the wonderful cast of actors. You truly feel yourself immersed in the tale as if you were a fly on the wall. Can't wait to listen to book 2!