An uncommon woman: the empress Frederick. Hannah Pakula. 1997.

AN UNCOMMON WOMAN is an enthralling biography of Princess Vicky - the Empress Frederick of Germany, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, the wife of Prussia's Crown prince and the mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

It is also an epic story of wars and revolutions, the rise and fall of royal families and the creation of modern Germany.

Drawing on a vast amount of original family documents, Pakula offers an absorbing portrait of a brilliant and determined woman.