I loved that the story focused on the family dynamics and romance rather than the politics of her reign. The story itself flows very well and the ending was fitting and satisfying.
I love her blending of fact and fiction, the books are always informative but yet entertaining and don’t read like history books. Though her novels are based on historical figures, they are billed as historical fiction but they are so seeped in historical facts that they don’t always read like historical fiction.
She always does a marvelous job researching her subjects and time periods and this novel was no exception. I have been a fan of Daisy Goodwin’s novels for quite some time. She is quite happy being queen with the help of her prime minister, Lord Melbourne, who may be old enough to be her father but is the first person to take her seriously. She has very definite ideas about the kind of queen she wants to be, and the first thing is to choose her name.Įveryone keeps saying she is destined to marry her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, but Victoria found him dull and priggish when they met three years ago. Surely she must rely on her mother and her adviser, Sir John Conroy, or her uncle, the Duke of Cumberland, who are all too eager to relieve her of the burdens of power. The men who run the country have doubts about whether this sheltered young woman can rule the greatest nation in the world. Less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, a young Alexandrina Victoria is roused from bed with the news that her uncle has died and she is now Queen of England. Well my fears were entirely unfounded! This was an excellent read! So I was already geared up to love this one but my biggest fear was that because I was so excited to read it that I didn’t want to be let down if it wasn’t good.
When this came up for review I literally jumped for joy. I am going to preface this post by saying that Queen Victoria is absolutely my favorite queen! I’ve had my eye on this book for MONTHS waiting for it to come out.
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