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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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A wonderfully written account of Victoria's life up until her marriage
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...
Published on September 20, 2009 by Suzanne Amara
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Interesting but with unforgiveable errors.
I agree wholeheartedly with the previous reviewer - but I found a glaring error 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...
Published 4 months ago by Scott Hannigan
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderfully written account of Victoria's life up until her marriage,
This review is from: The young Victoria (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.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting but with unforgiveable errors.,
By Scott Hannigan "Scott" (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Young Victoria (Paperback)
I agree wholeheartedly with the previous reviewer - but I found a glaring error 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. |
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Young Victoria by Alison Plowden (Hardcover - February 26, 1981)
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