cover image To Be a Princess: The Fascinating Lives of Real Princesses

To Be a Princess: The Fascinating Lives of Real Princesses

Hugh Brewster. HarperCollins Publishers, $17.95 (64pp) ISBN 978-0-06-029480-9

Hugh Brewster and Laurie Coulter tell true stories of 12 famous females in To Be a Princess: The Fascinating Lives of Real Princesses. Among them: Queen Victoria, who ascended the throne at age 13, and Hawaii's Princess Ka`iulani, whose mother on her death bed declared that Ka`iulani would never be queen. Laurie McGaw's regal oil portraits open each section. Period prints and photographs, timelines, a glossary, index and selected bibliography round out the volume. ( Oct.)