Alexandrina Victoria ascends the throne of Great Britain in 1837, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday. Most were not happy: Victoria had spent her life under her mother’s watchful eye, her every move tightly controlled, and what would a young girl know of running a country? But, much to the surprise of her handlers, the queen quickly grows into her new role.
Still, rumors persist about Victoria’s martial status, though Victoria decides she would rather rule like Elizabeth I, alone and, most importantly, in charge of her own destiny. That doesn’t stop people from whispering about her prime minister and private secretary, Lord Melbourne, or her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha….
404 pages.
