Ms Veronica Buckley

Writer of historical biography. After master’s degrees in French, philosophy and music, she studied history at Oxford University. Her forthcoming book, Seven Sisters: Captives and rebels in revolutionary Europe’s first family, is a composite biography of the daughters of Empress Maria Theresia. Veronica’s previous works include Christina, Queen of Sweden; Madame de Maintenon: The secret wife of Louis XVI; and – with Philipp Blom – Twilight of the Romanovs: A photographic journey across imperial Russia.