{"product_id":"alice-the-story-of-princess-alice-of-greece-prince-philips-extraordinary-mother","title":"Alice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable, moving story of Prince Philip's mother by eminent biographer Hugo Vickers, updated in this new edition - for fans of \u003ci\u003eKingmaker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Gripping. Hugo Vickers has pulled off an extraordinary feat in describing the life - in many ways tragic - of Princess Andrew of Greece. It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a masterpiece.' - A. N. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePrincess Alice\u003c\/b\u003e, mother of Prince Phillip, was something of a mystery figure even within her own family. Profoundly deaf, she was born at Windsor Castle in the presence of her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, and brought up in England, Darmstadt, and Malta.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1903 she married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, and from then on her life was overshadowed by wars, revolutions, enforced periods of exile. Further crisis hit when, at the age of forty-five, she was removed from her family and placed in a sanatorium in Switzerland, where she was pronounced a paranoid schizophrenic. As her stay in the clinic became prolonged, there was a time where it seemed she might never walk free again.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Yet she recovered.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIlluminating and enthralling, eminent biographer Hugo Vickers's account of her life is as tumultuous and extraordinary as the times she lived through.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -----\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR \u003ci\u003eALICE\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Vickers tells this story with a sure touch and an expertise that only he can command' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A sympathetic, piquant and well-defined portrait of a spirited woman' \u003ci\u003eLITERARY REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Sympathetic yet free of pathos, Vickers's life celebrates an unusual and fascinating woman' \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Alice : The Story of Princess Alice of Greece, Prince Philip's Extraordinary Mother","offer_id":46279497351365,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-3997-3011-2.jpg?v=1779765491","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/alice-the-story-of-princess-alice-of-greece-prince-philips-extraordinary-mother","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}