Under His Spell

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>A beautiful love story between the Princess Royal Victoria and Prince Fritz Wilhelm later German Emperor and Empress Frederick III.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>When Prince Fritz of Prussia visits England in 1851 he steps into a world unlike his own: warm informal and full of ideals. Amid the marvels of the Great Exhibition he forms a bond of intellect with Queen Victoria's eldest daughter the curious and talented Princess Vicky.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Years later their bond formed in innocence grows into one of history's most passionate royal marriages but danger lurks nearby. Fritz's ambitious uncle Prince Karl has different dreams for his country. Determined to crush those he cannot seduce he wields dark powers from the shadows behind the throne.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Through the years Vicky and Fritz face loss endure the harrowing birth of their first child - the future Kaiser Wilhelm II - and find the courage to rebuild their love after the unimaginable.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Rather than tracing Bismarck's rise to power </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Under His Spell</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> reveals an untold side of German history through Vicky and Fritz's ideals hopes and struggles.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Fans of Clare McHugh's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>A Most English Princess</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> Theresa Sherman's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Royal Mob</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> and Daisy Goodwin's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Victoria</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> will be captivated by this historically and emotionally rich opening to The Rival Courts saga.</span></p><h3></h3>