Reverend George Browne Macdonald was born in 1805 in England. He was a Wesleyan Methodist minister. He had eleven children with Hannah Jones, but this book focuses on four of his daughters. Alice Macdonald married John Lockwood Kipling, and gave birth to a son that we would all come to know as Rudyard Kipling. Her son was actually born on the school campus where her husband was a Professor in arts. Georgina Macdonald married a painter, named Edward Burne-Jones. Agnes Macdonald married Edward Poynter, future president of the Royal Academy. She was also a talented pianist in her own right. Louisa Macdonald was a gifted writer, and married Alfred Baldwin. Her son, Stanley, would go on to be Prime Minister.

I had never heard of these women. They all had their own personalities and their own interests. I think we often do not think about the women behind the men or the mothers of famous people. I really enjoyed learning about this ladies and the contributions they made to their families and society. I picked this up, because I thought it was about Queen Victoria, but I am really pleased with my error.