The Prince of Mirrors

Included in the Walter Scott Academy Recommends list 2019

A love that was never meant to be.

Prince Albert Victor, grandson of Queen Victoria, is heir presumptive to the British throne. Kind-hearted and eager to please, he wants nothing more than to live up to his family's expectations.

But when he meets his new tutor, Jem Stephen, a handsome and renowned intellectual, he must choose between a forbidden love and his duties to the crown.

'In sculpted, luscious prose Clark tenderly imagines the secret longing of a fated prince' –Uli Lenart, Attitude

'A gilded cast of characters parades through this sumptuous tale. A clever mixture of history, psychology and sex' –Alastair Stewart CBE, ITN anchor

'Clark writes about big subjects to do with how we choose to live our lives' –Sue Townsend

'Touching and compelling' –Gyles Brandreth, writer, broadcaster and former MP

'Elegant and assured, The Prince of Mirrors is that rarest and most elusive of things: a joy to read' –Neil McKenna, the author of Fanny & Stella, shortlisted for the 2013 Green Carnation Prize