Victoria on Victoria Book

I gave this one three out of sentimentality for Victoria Wood, but really its a two: its was weird mix of travelogue and history, but not very good at either. It seems the team went out of their way to interview people who had a good view of the British. Everyone was very 'yay British': apparently we brought law and education everywhere we went. As far as a travelogue goes, they seemed to turn up late everywhere which meant they missed the thing they went there for.
My final moan is that Victoria herself didn't have more of a voice. There are three credited authors: Wood, a travel writer and a historian. Wood herself only writes the intro to each country and the fore/afterwords. They are funny and sweet and very her but then the other writers take over and it's just dull and sounds like my own travel journal writing.
All in, this book will not tell you anything useful about the countries as they are now, and the history is very white.