Queen Victoria: A Personal History by Christopher Hibbert (PDF)

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Christopher Hibbert’s acclaimed biography of Queen Victoria is as impressive and authoritative as the great woman herself.In 1837 an eighteen-year-old girl, raised by a German mother, inherited the throne of the United Kingdom. She was to reign as queen – and later Empress of India – for almost sixty-four years, presiding over twenty prime ministers and a period of unprecedented social and political change. Her era became synonymous with moral rigidity and colonial expansion, and this absorbing biography of Queen Victoria, the unlikely figurehead of a vast and powerful empire, explores how the young monarch transformed herself into a formidable matriarch and the epitome of an age.Embracing her life and family, her politics and personality, her love for Prince Albert and her relationship with John Brown, Hibbert’s touching biography is a persuasive portrait of a remarkable woman.

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⭐This book is a good companion to the PBS TV series, “Victoria”. It is full of small details of the life Queen Victoria ,her husband and many in her court. This differentiates this historical biography from so many others. It is a pleasant read that is full of information about not just the British Monarchy,but life in much of the ruling classes in Europe. It explains a lot of events that followed in history.

⭐Amazing times to venture thru this book of ugly to amazing events in the Victorian era .

⭐I just finished reading Queen Victoria: A Personal Story, and have been thoroughly fascinated with her life. She lived a very long life, especially for the times. One of her grandsons commented at her death that “she had lived from the time of King George 3rd until the Twentith Century.” She lived an interesting life, and could be kind, benevolent, caring one moment and haughty the next. She was quite eccentric.

⭐I was looking for a more factual understanding of Queen Victoria after watching the somewhat fluffy version of ‘Victoria’ on Masterpiece. Something without the padding of the love lives of kitchen staff, etc. This book got good reviews, but for me, I couldn’t get too much further than page 12. I did want something factual, but, please, something less turgid. I will be searching for a different book. For example here is one sentence:’Her husband was determined that the child should be born in England, so that there could be no possible grounds for denying its right to succeed to the throne; a fate which, so it was alleged, a gypsy in Gibraltar had predicted for it and of which the Duke himself protested to have no doubt, dismissing the possibility that, although the Duchess of Clarence’s two babies had died, there was no reason to suppose she might not yet give birth to a child who would be nearer to the succession than his own.’I was exhausted after reading that, I had to deconstruct, place emphasis here and there and add lots of periods to get through it. I completely forgot who we were learning about. I’m sure it is factual, it is just that I want my facts presented in a more digestible manner. Wish this were a blouse or a pair of shoes, I would have returned it.

⭐I’ve read a couple of other bookstore bought history books about Queen Victoria and this is by far the most dense with information, which (at least for me) required a lot of attention. I’m not surprised it wasn’t carried at either of my local bookstores, and that I had to order it from Amazon. If you want something very detailed, I recommend this. If you’ve read shorter accounts of Queen Victoria, this book will flesh out a lot of her life for you.

⭐A well written history of Queen Victoria; comprehensive, well researched. The factual information does not take away from the story. She was a real person with loves and angers and control issues, and that is clearly apparent.

⭐I am an avid reader of royal biographies and have read about Queen Victoria many times before. Christopher Hibbert has done us a wonderful service in writing this book. It is well researched, accurate and shows Queen Victoria the woman as well as being a mighty Queen and Empress. I especially enjoyed the way Hibbert provided information about the Royal Family and the Queen’s ministers.Congratulations Christopher.Charles

⭐I wanted to know who Victoria was and to know the real relationship between Albert and her children. This book describes all this in detail. I skipped those chapters having to do with some of her Prime Ministers, or wars for it basically describes how she dealt with them. Otherwise it was a lovely read.

⭐A very good book with sources. The Queen was a bit controversial. She ruled a huge country at a time when women had few rights yet didn’t support the suffragettes like some of her daughters. As a monarch she proposed to a prince, yet had trouble with using her power as a wife and ruler of a vast territory. The book describes her character and feelings after the death of Albert. She was free, yet missed his advice. Their marriage was full of contradictions. However they managed to be an example to the population as a family embracing the values that defined their regin.

⭐I bought this as a present for someone, didn’t read it myself, but it was well received.Books you might like to read

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⭐This book is certainly well worth reading. Hibbert brings Victoria back to life! You feel that you are actually walking along the corridors of the palace with her entourage. I found it very useful that there is a family history diagram at the front so that one can work out who Victoria is in relation to George lll, George 1V and who her father and mother were etc. because very often we think of her as an old woman without actually knowing where she came from. P.s I’m not going to tell you; if you don’t know then you will have to get this book!

⭐A well written book with interesting detail.

⭐A long book and at first I thought this is going to be hard work. Not so and I found it difficult to put down. Be prepared for a lot of information but when you consider her life how would there not be?

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