VICTORIA by Daisy
Goodwin
This book covers only Victoria’s early life and first few
years of her long reign. Goodwin is a
writer of historical fiction that borders on “women’s fiction.” She has a tendency
to emphasis the more salacious and gossip laden events in the life of the
person written about. That said the book
is interesting and well researched. The
life of a young girl manipulated by those around her and surrounded by great
wealth and all its accouterments is discussed in great detail. Victoria is
saved by the one scrupulous man in her life: Lord Melbourne, her first prime
minister. Early Victorian English
society, and the lives of the not-so-privileged, is covered well.
(The book gives much more detail than the TV series and gives
a more accurate portrayal of Victorian England. )
4 of 5 stars
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