Queen Victoria TwentyFour Days That..., Lucy Worsley
Queen Victoria TwentyFour Days That..., Lucy Worsley
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Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life

Author: Lucy Worsley

Narrator: Lucy Paterson, Lucy Worsley

Unabridged: 13 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/08/2019


Synopsis

"Narrator Lucy Paterson provides a charming portrayal of a mother, matron, minx, and monarch: Queen Victoria of England...Paterson's tone is bright and cheerful, and she keeps the historical details lively." — AudioFile Magazine

This program includes an introduction read by the author, as well as a bonus interview exclusive to the audiobook.

The story of the queen who defied convention and defined an era.

Perhaps one of the best known of the English monarchs, Queen Victoria forever shaped a chapter of English history, bequeathing her name to the Victorian age. In Queen Victoria, Lucy Worsley introduces this iconic woman in a new light. Going beyond an exploration of the Queen merely as a monarch, Worsley considers Victoria as a woman leading a truly extraordinary life in a unique time period. The book is structured around the various roles that Victoria inhabited— a daughter raised to wield power, a loving but tempestuous wife, a controlling mother, and a cunning widow—all while wearing the royal crown.

Far from a proto-feminist, Queen Victoria was socially conservative and never supported women’s rights. And yet, Victoria thwarted the strict rules of womanhood that defined the era to which she gave her name. She was passionate, selfish, and moody, boldly defying the will of politicians who sought to control her and emotionally controlling her family for decades. How did the woman who defined Victorian womanhood also manage to defy its conventions?

Drawing from the vast collection of Victoria’s correspondence and the rich documentation of her life, Worsley recreates twenty-four of the most important days in Victoria's life including her parents' wedding day, the day she met Albert, her own wedding day, the birth of her first child, a Windsor Christmas, the death of Prince Albert, and many more. Each day gives a glimpse into the identity of this powerful, difficult queen as a wife and widow, mother and matriarch, and above all, a woman of her time.

"Worsley gives us Victoria in all her infinite variety - queen and mother, matriach and minx. I loved it." — Daisy Goodwin, author of The American Heiress, The Fortune Hunter and Victoria: A Novel

About Lucy Worsley

Lucy Worsley is, by day, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that looks after The Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, the Banqueting House in Whitehall, and Kew Palace in Kew Gardens. By night, she is a writer and presenter, most recently author of the Cavalier: a Tale of Passion, Chivalry and Great Houses, described by the Mail on Sunday as 'a remarkable achievement by an immensely talented and innovative historian.'


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie on December 01, 2018

I really loved this one. Lucy Worsley just writes fantastic nonfiction.......more

Goodreads review by Patricija || book.duo on April 26, 2020

4.75/5 Mane visada traukė Anglijos monarchai ir jų istorijos. Sunku paneigti jų įtaką Europai, menui, madai, mokslui, literatūrai, bendram kultūriniam, politiniam progresui. Karalienė Viktorija, nors soste sėdėjo daugiau nei šešis dešimtmečius, vis dėlto man visuomet reiškė daugiau savo vardo erą, ne......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on November 29, 2018

Recent books and films have overturned the popular image of Queen Victoria as a dour recluse widow of ponderous dimensions to include the lively, stubborn girl-queen who loved dancing and wine and the young wife who enjoyed sex. Lucy Worsley wanted to expand Victoria's story beyond the "dancing princ......more

Goodreads review by Eglė on November 05, 2021

Lucy Worsley “Karalienė Viktorija“ 👸🏻 Tai knyga, kurioje atskleidžiamos įvairios, niekur kitur negirdėtos, vienos garsiausių visų laikų karalienių gyvenimo detalės. Savo kuklia ir nelabai išvaizdžia išore Viktorija sudarė įspūdį, kad ji ganėtinai paprasta ir niekuo neypatinga. Tačiau ar tai tikrai ats......more

Goodreads review by Kurkulis on July 21, 2024

Britu monarhi mani nekad nav vairāk interesējuši kā fakts, ka viņi ir (bija). Vēsturiskie romāni ir ok, bet tā nav mana aizraušanās. Iespējams, ja Sandra @pielasīt_sirdi savā IG atsauksmē nebūtu ierakstījusi, ka grāmatas beigās ir 70 (!) lappuses ar izmantoto literatūru, avotiem un atsaucēm, šo grāma......more