'I do not like the name Alexandrina,' she proclaims.

She has very definite ideas about the kind of queen she wants to be, and the first thing is to choose her name. The men who run the country have doubts about whether this sheltered young woman, who stands less than five feet tall, can rule the greatest nation in the world.ĭespite her age, however, the young queen is no puppet. AMANDA FOREMANĭrawing on Queen Victoria's diaries, which she first started reading when she was a student at Cambridge University, Daisy Goodwin-creator and writer of the new PBS Masterpiece drama Victoria and author of the bestselling novels The American Heiress and The Fortune Hunter- brings the young nineteenth-century monarch, who would go on to reign for 63 years, richly to life in this magnificent novel.Įarly one morning, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria is roused from bed with the news that her uncle William IV has died and she is now Queen of England. Daisy Goodwin breathes new life into Victoria's story, and does so with sensitivity, verve, and wit. NATIONAL BESTSELLER Victoria is an absolutely captivating novel of youth, love, and the often painful transition from immaturity to adulthood. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more.

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