Hi all!
This is kind of a departure from my usual posts in a way, however, I loved this series when I was younger and am in the process of getting hold of more of the titles. The Royal Diaries Series came from the Dear America Books and became quite popular in the early 2000s. Written by various different orders, each one was written as the fictional journal of a real life princess, there were countless books in the series and I used to borrow them from our local library in primary school.
The two titles I have are Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess and Elisabeth: The Princess Bride. I loved these books as a kid, not only because I was a history buff; but also because they featured pretty gilded pages.
I also read:
I also read:
Victoria: The May Blossom of Britannia and Kaiulani: The People's Princess
(Hopefully I'll buy myself some copies real soon, since these were also favourites of mine!)
These ones also come highly recommended:
They've since been repackaged (in a way that I am not fond of, haha) and look like so:
I just don't think they are nearly as inviting as the 2002 versions - no guilded pages! But I do think they're great books for young girls who are passionate about history.