Perhaps he might have become more than that, except everyone argued she was destined to marry her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. One of those ministers, Lord Melbourne, became Victoria’s private secretary. Yet from the moment William IV died, the young Queen startled everyone: abandoning her hated first name in favor of Victoria insisting, for the first time in her life, on sleeping in a room apart from her mother resolute about meeting with her ministers alone. Many thought it was preposterous: Alexandrina - Drina to her family - had always been tightly controlled by her mother and her household, and was surely too unprepossessing to hold the throne. I love Victoria and her story.īook Summary: “ In 1837, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria – sheltered, small in stature, and female – became Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. I really enjoyed this novel of Queen Victoria’s early years as the Queen of England. If you have seen the PBS Masterpiece series of the same name, much of this book will feel familiar - lines, scenes, characters. This novel follows the early reign of Queen Victoria. I read several books centered on royalty especially the British royal family. I suppose it was connected to the death of Queen Elizabeth II whom I admired and loved. This past fall I went through a bit of a royalty reading phase. Today I am excited to share a review of Victoria by Daisy Goodwin. Hope you are staying warm and feeling loved this month. It’s full of birthdays and Valentines and fun at our house.

Victoria by daisy goodwin summary