After watching all the TV episodes of Victoria, the movies, it was refreshing to read a well documented interesting biography. I actually preferred the truth instead of the fictional accounts. The authors have prepared a well documented timeline of Victoria's life and reign. I did occasionally question whether the authors were being a bit too kind though in their assessment of Victoria's character. She reigned during genocide in Ireland and evil times in India but I accept the bulk of documentation was Victoria's own writing that was later censored by her daughter.

I received an ebook copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A primer on the life and times of Queen Victoria. It's an interesting read, although not a perfect one. It's a very polite biography, which is eager to avoid mentions of scandals  - or, at least, to do its best to explain them away. 

There is also the fact that it is a reprint of a 1987 biography and it shows - in the approach to the subject and in state of knowledge. Frankly, some updates would have done this book a world of good (for example, the authors write that one person had a "retarded" child [sic!!!], which is so wrong on so many levels). So this is definitely not the final word on Queen Victoria.

4 stars

This is a very good book about the life and times of Queen Victoria of England. It takes the reader from her birth until her death at the age of eighty-one. She was the longest reigning monarch of England at that time.

It describes her marriage to Prince Albert (“Bertie”), their great love for one another and her many children. (She gave birth to nine children and all survived. An unusual feat for that time in history.) Mr. Mullen and Mr. Munson describe very well the England of the time, as well as discussing Europe and its politics, especially the connections to the royal family, their personalities and the reigns of the various kings and queens there.

The book talks about Prince Albert's interest in politics and his increasing attraction toward and participation in those sorts of activities.

But perhaps the greatest thing to take away from this novel is the enduring love that Victoria and Bertie had for one another. It was both heartwarming and wonderful to read about.

The book is very well written in a logical progression from Victoria's birth and throughout her life. The descriptions may be a little dry for some readers, but as I find history fascinating, it was fine for me. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys history and especially reading about the Victorian era.

I would like to thank NetGalley and Thistle Publishing for forwarding to me a copy of this interesting picture of historical Victoria to read, enjoy and review.

While this brief biography doesn't have anything new or unique for people who have read other, more in-depth biographies on Victoria, it would be a good start for people just beginning to learn about the queen and her reign.

Very informative and still entertaining. Indepth and an enjoyable read. I would recommend this to any student of history or biographies. Some interesting facts that i had not read about in other Queen Victoria bios.

I received this book free as an ARC from the publisher through netgalley.

The author's painstaking research and attention to detail is obvious in the writing of this book. There were many facts that I only discovered after reading this!

I have DNFd this book at about 50% in. There was just something about the way it was written that I didn’t like. I found it a little bit hard to follow at times but that’s completely on me.