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In this surprising new life of Victoria, Christopher Hibbert, master of the telling anecdote and peerless biographer of England's great leaders, paints a fresh and intimate portrait of the woman who shaped a century. His Victoria is not only the formidable, demanding, capricious queen of popular imagination—she is also often shy, diffident, and vulnerable, prone to giggling fits and crying jags. Often censorious when confronted with her mother's moral lapses, she herself could be passionately sensual, emotional, and deeply sentimental. Ascending to the throne at age eighteen, Victoria ruled for sixty-four years—an astounding length for any world leader. During her reign, she dealt with conflicts ranging from royal quarrels to war in Crimea and rebellion in India. She saw monarchs fall, empires crumble, new continents explored, and England grow into a dominant global and industrial power. This personal history is a compelling look at the complex woman whom, until now, we only thought we knew.
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Nicholas Samson
reviewed Queen Victoria on August 01, 2009
Queen Victoria
I got about half way through the book and only scanned the rest of it. That might have more to do with me than with the author.
Basically this is an unusually readable book about a very unlikable woman. The 19th century was a rotten time to be a child. Victoria's childhood was pretty miserable, but her children's childhood was probably equally miserable.
I found myself cheering for her when she stood up to her mother on the day she became Queen, but it was also obvious from the book that she had been working on that and thinking about it for months, and possibly years, before it happened.
But as she got older, especially during the years of her widowhood, she became more and more abusive to her children and to the women who served her. Basically she was a bully who was certain that the world ought to revolve around just one person - herself.
I don't know how the author felt about Queen Victoria, but I didn't want to spend any more time in her presence so the book is getting returned to the library.
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