LynnQmom
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Clare McHugh:
Hi, is your book a good fit for 13 year old girls interested in learning to write fiction? My 7th grade daughter and a friend are each trying to write fiction. I'm giving your book to my adult daughter but wondered if it was also okay for a young teen. They enjoy historical fiction. Thanks
Clare McHugh
Hi Lynn, I think my book is good for young people who want to try fiction because it takes a real life person as the basis for the novel. And the first half is Vicky before age 21! Two things, it does have a fair bit of history in it so if your daughter doesn’t like history it won’t be good. The other is there are two PG rated scenes. I felt I couldn’t write about Vicky’s passionate marriage without including these . I think 13 is old enough for them, but others might say 16. Thanks for your interest , Clare
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Thomas
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Clare McHugh:
Hi Clare. I've just started reading A Most English Princess. I'm loving it so far, especially looking into Vicky's relationships with her family, especially Prince Albert. I also love the emphasis on German unification. Did you have the story set before you started doing research? Or did the research lead to the story?
Dianne
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Clare McHugh:
Hi Clare, I read in one of your answers that you may be considering writing a sequel to A Most English Princess? I just finished and loved it but felt it ended very abruptly and a bit cheated out of the rest of her life, which on further googling showed that it was full of most dramatic events. If you could continue her amazing story that would be brilliant! Thank you for a wonderful book.
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