A Queen's Game

In the last glittering decade of European empires, courts, and kings,three young women are on a collision course with history-and with each other.Alixof Hesse is Queen Victoria's favorite granddaughter, so she can expect to endup with a prince . . . except that the prince she's falling for is not the oneshe's supposed to marry.Helened'Orleans, daughter of the exiled King of France, doesn't mind being a formerprincess; it gives her more opportunity to break the rules. Like runningaround with the handsome, charming, and very much off-limits heir to theBritish throne, Prince Eddy.Thenthere's May of Teck. After spending her entire life on the fringes of theroyal world, May is determined to marry a prince-and not just any prince, butthe future king.Ina story that sweeps from the glittering ballrooms of Saint Petersburg to thewilds of Scotland, A Queen's Game recounts a pivotal moment in real history asonly Katharine McGee can tell it: through the eyes of the young women whoselives, and loves, changed it forever.