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'I delight in this work', wrote the young Victoria shortly after she became Queen. She was an engaging creature, high-spirited and eager to be 'amused'. But her early years were difficult ones. Fatherless from the age of eight months, she was brought up at Kensington Palace in an atmosphere thick with family feuds, backbiting and jealousy - the focus of conflicting ambitions. Though her uncle William IV was anxious to bring her into Court circles, her German mother and the calculating John Conroy were equally determined that she should remain under their control. The 'little Queen', who succeeded to the throne a month after her eighteenth birthday, was greeted by a unanimous chorus of praise and admiration. She embraced the independence of her position and often forced her will on those around her. She met and married Albert, marking the end of her childhood and the beginning of a glorious legend.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This easy-to-read book seems well researched and offers a clear picture of Victoria's childhood and growing-up to her succession and marriage to cousin Albert. In particular it describes the deteriorating relationship with her mother, due to the influence of John Conroy. One can't help admiring Victoria's refusal to be browbeaten by the pair. Victoria's realistic assessment of Albert as a suitor is also amusing. What spoilt this book for me was the appalling translation of "Riesenhalle" as "Hall of Giants" instead of Great Hall, and the numerous spelling mistakes which made me wonder if the spell-check programme when they were setting the text had been turned off. Also, the genealogy table of the Tudors at the end of the book seemed out of place - that explaining the succession of the House of Hanover and its connection with Saxe-Coburg-Gotha would have been much more appropriate.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I agree wholeheartedly with the previous reviewer - however in addition to the list of mistakes already mentioned I found one on Page 1 which put me in a sceptical frame of mind for the whole book. HRH Princess Charlotte is referred to on the opening page as Princess Charlotte of Wales and in the index as Charlotte, Princess of Wales. These are both wrong. She was never Princess of Wales. Anybody who knows anything about the royal family knows that the title 'Princess of Wales' is only ever taken by the wife of the Prince of Wales, and who then goes on to become Queen Consort when her husband succeeds to the throne.
Princess Charlotte was the only child of George IV, and was therefore heir presumptive, and would have become Queen Charlotte upon the death of her father in 1830, had she not died in childbirth in 1817.
Charlotte's mother, Caroline, had been Princess of Wales before her husband George IV ascended the throne in 1820 and the next Princess of Wales after her was Princess Alexandra of Denmark who married Albert Edward, Prince of Wales who ascended the throne as Edward VII on the death of Victoria in 1901.
Princess Charlotte was the only child of George IV, and was therefore heir presumptive, and would have become Queen Charlotte upon the death of her father in 1830, had she not died in childbirth in 1817.
Charlotte's mother, Caroline, had been Princess of Wales before her husband George IV ascended the throne in 1820 and the next Princess of Wales after her was Princess Alexandra of Denmark who married Albert Edward, Prince of Wales who ascended the throne as Edward VII on the death of Victoria in 1901.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
A wonderfully written account of Victoria's life up until her marriage
20 Sep 2009
Format:Hardcover
I enjoy reading books about British royalty, for reasons I am not sure of, and so I was pleased to find this book about Queen Victoria's early years, and it certainly did not disappoint. It was written in a perfect tone---someone formal but also easy to access language, a hint of gentle sarcasm often present, but with much sympathy and an obvious love of the subject. Other books I've read have talked about John Conroy and his influence on Victoria's childhood, but this was the first time I really understood the hardship and pressure she grew up with. The Lady Flora affair was also covered well, and Victoria's deep feelings for Lord Melbourne were very interesting to read about. The book had a great mix of personal anecdotes and enough politics, mixed with court life, to hold my interest, and I finished it too quickly, and was left eager to read more by this author.
Interesting read
1 May 2012
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This book was as represented. Moved quite quickly for a historical work. I would recommend to anyone interested in the Victorian era in England.
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