My Name Is Victoria

Miss V. Conroy is sent to Kensington Palace to become a companion to Princess Victoria. Her father, Sir John Conroy, serves as confidant and financial adviser to Victoria’s mother and has created a strict set of rules called the Kensington System. Quiet and accustomed to keeping secrets, Miss V begins to suspect that the rules said to protect the princess are instead designed to isolate her. The novel explores Victoria’s childhood through her young companion’s perspective.