Victoria, Stanley Weintraub
Victoria, Stanley Weintraub
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Victoria

Author: Stanley Weintraub

Narrator: Donada Peters

Unabridged: 29 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 01/24/2017

Synopsis

This biography of Victoria highlights the many dramas of her life. For example, she was fatherless at eight months and treated poorly by her family, but survived to become the only English queen comparable to Elizabeth I. The character of Victoria herself, stubborn and vital, is also drawn out.

About The Author

Stanley Weintraub is Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University, and the author of numerous histories and biographies, including Silent Night.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Corinne on August 18, 2010

The subject matter in this book is very interesting, especially the material that includes her husband before his passing. I remember thinking her life would make a good movie, then someone said they had made a movie about Victoria's early life. (I found and really enjoyed the movie-- The Young Vict......more

Goodreads review by Chris on August 20, 2012

A very good biography, and the first substantive bio written by an American author. I had always heard about Queen Victoria and the Victorian era, but I had no idea! Victoria was the Queen for a long time (1937-2000) and weathered many challenges at home and abroad. Her husband, the Prince Consort A......more

Goodreads review by Justine on January 23, 2010

A dutiful biography but neither compelling nor clear. Lots of detail but too frustrating trying to keep all the dukes straight. I put it down a few chapters in and went to We Two instead.......more

Goodreads review by Gabriel on October 06, 2009

I thought this was a fairly pedestrian biography - quite detailed without being very interesting or exciting. I liked some of the information, but wouldn't recommend it as a fun read.......more

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