A Magnificent Obsession : Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy (Paperback)

from JaneSteen

Where I got the book: purchased on Amazon. I guess I haven't read an in-depth biography of Queen Victoria before, just scads and scads of books about the era, and my view of the Queen was the standard one: a great monarch but also a passionately engaged family woman, who was distraught about her...

from briandrewz

This was an excellent look at the events in 1861 that defined British Court life for forty years. Queen Victoria was utterly disconsolate following her husband's death. This book explores the Queen's grief in a way that none other has before. Taking us into the mind of Victoria, as well as the mi...

from stanleykaye

I was a bit disappointed. The book describes at length the events and the perspective of the Queen and the Royal Family but does not put in perspective of the evolution of Royal versus parliamentary power in Britain . I think that the fact that Victoria more or less stood back from active involve...

from JaneSteen

Where I got the book: purchased on Amazon. I guess I haven't read an in-depth biography of Queen Victoria before, just scads and scads of books about the era, and my view of the Queen was the standard one: a great monarch but also a passionately engaged family woman, who was distraught about her...

from briandrewz

This was an excellent look at the events in 1861 that defined British Court life for forty years. Queen Victoria was utterly disconsolate following her husband's death. This book explores the Queen's grief in a way that none other has before. Taking us into the mind of Victoria, as well as the mi...