Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household
by:
Kate Hubbard (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009UXFX1Y
Publish date: April 30th 2013
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
I tried. I really did. I made it to page 150 before I started to skim and to page 244 (out of 364) before I decided that this was not for me. Ms. Hubbard was too sympathetic towards Albert and had a decidedly anti-Victoria stance that I found rather disturbing. Her phrasing choices were odd, too ent...
A great book about Queen Victoria and the people who served as her maids-of-honour, ladies-in-waiting not to mention her private secretaries, footmen and the like. Including the notorious John Brown. Plenty of entertaining stories, a few sad ones, and in the center of it all, the United Kingdom's lo...
I tried. I really did. I made it to page 150 before I started to skim and to page 244 (out of 364) before I decided that this was not for me. Ms. Hubbard was too sympathetic towards Albert and had a decidedly anti-Victoria stance that I found rather disturbing. Her phrasing choices were odd, too ent...
Well-researched, with good info, but a bit dry in presentation.
Read my full review: : http://bit.ly/1boFr3gMy review: A very strong, DETAILED novel. I started this book on my ereader as a reviewer, but ended up waiting for it to come out in print due to the depth of the writing. I must admit that I was slightly disappointed because I thought that this book was ...
12 years ago
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