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: The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child,
: Princess Louise, may be destined to remain
: forever hidden.
: What was so dangerous about this artistic,
: tempestuous royal that her life has been
: documented more by rumour and gossip than
: hard facts?
: When Lucinda Hawksley started to
: investigate, often thwarted by inexplicable
: secrecy, she discovered a fascinating woman,
: modern before her time, whose story has been
: shielded for years from public view.
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: Friend to the pre-Raphaelites and sculptor
: in her own right, defender of the
: much-maligned Bertie and campaigner for
: women's rights: Princess Louise was a royal
: like no other.
: She had a notoriously difficult relationship
: with her mother, whose domineering influence
: remained strong, even into adulthood - she
: had to battle for permission to attend art
: school, yet today her sculptures decorate
: some of the greatest houses of London.
: Louise is perhaps best known, though, for
: her colourful love life.
: Her affair with tutor and sculptor Joseph
: Edgar Boehm was common knowledge to friends
: in her bohemian circle and there were even
: rumours of an entanglement with her sister
: Princess Beatrice's handsome husband, Liko.
: She married for love, but when her husband's
: appointment as Governor General of Canada
: took them abroad, the relationship soured
: and they spent many months apart, with
: Louise playing the role of the perfect
: princess back at home in England.
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: Spirited and lively, The Mystery of Princess
: Louise is richly packed with arguments,
: intrigues, scandals and secrets, and is a
: vivid portrait of a princess desperate to
: escape her inheritance.
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: This title will be released on November 21,
: 2013.
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: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mystery-Princess-Louise-Victorias-Rebellious/dp/0701183497/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379845848&sr=1-6&keywords=royalty
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