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"...Compiled from twenty-eight letters of Princess Victoria of Prussia to her widowed mother the Empress Frederick to form a dayto-day record of Queen Victoria's life at Windsor and Balmoral during one, short precise period of time--the hot month of June, 1889, two years after the Golden Jubilee..."--Taken from Dust jacket.

These letters reveal the often very personal nature of European politics at the time. Nations felt themselves securely linked not only through their Royal Houses and diplomats, but also through their writers and artists. Both the Queen and her eldest daughter were fully aware of this network of personalities and of their own leading roles, and were forthright in expressing their views. The correspondence provides a commentary on both international and family affairs as seen through the eyes of two intelligent and influential women.