Victoria: A Life
ืืืงืณ 2014 ยท Penguin
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โ[A] shimmering and rather wonderful biography.โ โThe Guardian
When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was the mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two and the matriarch of royal Europe through her childrenโs marriages. To many, Queen Victoria is a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique, an aging, stiff widow paraded as the figurehead to an all-male imperial enterprise. But in truth, Britainโs longest-reigning monarch was one of the most passionate, expressive, humorous, and unconventional women who ever lived, and the story of her life continues to fascinate.
A. N. Wilsonโs exhaustively researched and definitive biography includes a wealth of new material from previously unseen sources to show us Queen Victoria as sheโs never been seen before. Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoriaโs coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death, and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown, all set against the backdrop of this momentous epoch in Britainโs historyโand the worldโs.
Born at the very moment of the expansion of British political and commercial power across the globe, Victoria went on to chart a unique course for her country even as she became the matriarch of nearly every great dynasty of Europe. Her destiny was thus interwoven with those of millions of peopleโnot just in Europe but in the ever-expanding empire that Britain was becoming throughout the nineteenth century. The famed queen had a face that adorned postage stamps, banners, statues, and busts all over the known world.
Wilsonโs Victoria is a towering achievement, a masterpiece of biography by a writer at the height of his powers.
When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was the mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two and the matriarch of royal Europe through her childrenโs marriages. To many, Queen Victoria is a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique, an aging, stiff widow paraded as the figurehead to an all-male imperial enterprise. But in truth, Britainโs longest-reigning monarch was one of the most passionate, expressive, humorous, and unconventional women who ever lived, and the story of her life continues to fascinate.
A. N. Wilsonโs exhaustively researched and definitive biography includes a wealth of new material from previously unseen sources to show us Queen Victoria as sheโs never been seen before. Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoriaโs coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death, and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown, all set against the backdrop of this momentous epoch in Britainโs historyโand the worldโs.
Born at the very moment of the expansion of British political and commercial power across the globe, Victoria went on to chart a unique course for her country even as she became the matriarch of nearly every great dynasty of Europe. Her destiny was thus interwoven with those of millions of peopleโnot just in Europe but in the ever-expanding empire that Britain was becoming throughout the nineteenth century. The famed queen had a face that adorned postage stamps, banners, statues, and busts all over the known world.
Wilsonโs Victoria is a towering achievement, a masterpiece of biography by a writer at the height of his powers.
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A.ย N. Wilson is the author of biographies on Jesus,ย Milton, Tolstoy, C.ย S. Lewis, and Dante. His acclaimedย historiesย The Victoriansย andย Godโs Funeralย have made himย an authority on Victorian-era Great Britain. A contributor to a number of British newspapers, he lives in London.
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