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Victoria

By: Daisy Goodwin
Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
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Summary

 For any fan of the long-standing TV series Downton Abbey comes a new story, Victoria - to be screened on ITV, with scripts written by Daisy Goodwin. Perfect for fans of epics such as War and Peace, Poldark or Granchester and for any reader of Kate Williams' The Storms of War or Hannah Rothschild's The Improbability of Love

'To me, ma'am, you are every inch a Queen'

In 1837, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria - sheltered, small in stature, and female - became Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and from the moment William IV died, the young Queen startled everyone: abandoning her hated first name in favor of Victoria; insisting, for the first time in her life, on sleeping in a room apart from her mother; resolute about meeting with her ministers alone.

One of those ministers, Lord Melbourne, became Victoria's private secretary. Perhaps he might have become more than that, except everyone argued she was destined to marry her cousin, Prince Albert . But Victoria had met Albert as a child and found him stiff and critical: surely the last man she would want for a husband?

Drawing on Victoria's diaries as well as her own brilliant gifts for history and drama, Daisy Goodwin brings the inner life of the young queen even more richly to life in this magnificent novel.

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Critic reviews

The research is impeccable, the attention to detail perfect, and it brings the formidable figure of Victoria to sparkling life
Goodwin demonstrates her admirable ability to fuse wide-ranging knowledge of the period with lively storytelling skills
Meticulously researched and vividly told, it is a perfect romp
Goodwin manages to create suspense, by imagining Victoria's inner life as revealed in her letters and diaries, and doing full justice to the spirit and independence that made her one ofour greatest monarchs
Engaging and enthralling
All stars
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It has a great balance between facts and fiction. quite entertaining whilst giving an insight into the beginning of her reign.

A very interesting listen

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Such an enjoyable book. Anna Wilson-Jones read with such passion it made it so hard to break off.
I found it hard to break off from listening, and, couldn't wait to find time to pick up where I left off. I really just look for a book that will continue the life of Queen Victoria and her consort.

Victoria's Albert

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Too much of a love story. could have discussed seriois history in the story as well.

Drama drama

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Absolutely loved it and really enjoyed it. Absolutely Brilliant. Absolutely fantastic. Very good. I hope the next one is just as good as this one.

Brilliant!

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Would have liked to hear more background detail about her life then just a M&B love story.

Story just to romanticized not enough reality.

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