Victoria The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia BairdMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love watching the ABC and seeing this book by a familiar name was a nice surprise. It is quite a large book which is a bit intimidating, I usually favour earlier periods of history but I wanted to give it a go. I found this book very easy to get through. Baird has a strong knowledge of the events going on and manages to bring Victoria to life. This book surprised me in that I actually found Victoria to be more of a normal person than perhaps she ever wanted to be. Her reliance on Albert was what was expected of women at the time but it caused resentment amongst her ministers. Victoria was stubborn though and a good judge of character. The death of Albert paralysed her but she managed to find her way back to reality and even love again. I highly recommend this book, It took me only a few days to get through.
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