| Title | : | Queen Victoria: A Life From Beginning to End |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 |
| Publication | : | Published September 18, 2016 |
The Queen of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years, the mother of nine children and grandmother to 42,
Queen Victoria: A Life From Beginning to End Reviews
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Nice one hour introduction to one of the most popular English Queens.
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A very fascinating woman, will read more about her.
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A great figure in British history.
“The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them."
This book nicely depicted the personal life of Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria was born on 24 May 1819 and ruled for more than 60 years. England advanced in fields of industrialization and power in the Victorian Era.
There is a reason why she was called the ‘Grandmother of Europe’.
“The world Victoria was born into was a very different world to that which she left behind” -
Enjoyed this brief history on a worthy Queen!
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Hourly history does a great job of covering many details in this overview of Queen Victoria's life.. it is informative and an easy read. She was a unique and strong willed woman, with unique views. I found it interesting that though she had 9 children she did not really care for mother hood, and had complicated relationships with her children. In her life she suffered much pain and loss, particularly when she lost her beloved husband Albert. A lot of enormous changes took place during Victoria's reign.. She saw much change in the British monarchy and empire, I enjoyed learning more about her reading this and it has sparked me to want to read MORE about her...
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Queen Victoria: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History
I'll usually read something about historical time periods, then follow up with another book about the same era.
In this case I finished Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets: An Audible Original.
I realized I knew nothing about Queen Victoria , and this quick read helped bring me up to speed. -
Between being responsible and representing her nation to the world, alongside being a wife to Albert, and a mother to nine children, Queen Victoria sure had her hands full! She lived for 81 years, and ruled for 63 years and 7 months.
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I can’t wrap my head around the idea of forced marriages, but I know that’s how it was in the 1800’s. The sons of King George III wasted no time between wives, all for the sake of producing an heir to take over the Hanoverian dynasty; later on, Victoria referred to these men as “wicked uncles”. King George III was her grandfather.
Victoria was born to the Duke of Kent and Victoire of Saxe-Coburg at Kensington Palace on May 24, 1819. At her birth, Victoria was fifth in the line of succession to the British throne. When her father and King George the third passed away she was only 8 months old, and then became third in line after her uncles.
Victoria described, in a letter to her daughter, that she did not have a happy childhood. She was fatherless and without any siblings. Her mother was controlling, isolated her from other children her age, and bullied and insulted her well into her adult years. It’s no wonder Victoria didn’t have the best relationship with her own children, she didn’t have a proper example set before her while she was growing up. -
Born on May 24, 1819, at Kensington Palace to Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoire of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Victoria was born fifth in line to the throne of England. She was preceded by the Prince Regent, the Duke of York, the Duke of Clarence, and her father, the Duke of Kent, making the chance that she would succeed to the throne very small.
Victoria’s childhood was far from happy. Raised by her German speaking mother, Princess Victoire, at the age of eleven, she had no command of the English language and living in virtual solitude, had very few social skills. In England, with a rise in xenophobia, this wasn’t a good position for a future monarch. Upon the death of her father in 1820, her mother started grooming her to be queen. King William IV was in poor health and Victoria’s mother had hopes of being regent until Victoria came of age. Her plans fell through as King William lived long enough to leave the monarchy directly over to Victoria.
I was interested to read about the influence Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert had over the Queen. It seemed to me to be rather out of character and much different than after his death in 1861.
Queen Victoria reigned for sixty-three years and seven months. Until Queen Elizabeth II past this milestone, she was the longest reigning monarch. Because of the various marriages of her many children, she earned the sobriquet of “The Grandmother of Europe.” Victoria was more than a queen. Under her reign England was first transformed into Great Britain and then the British Empire; with possessions spanning the world. Starting out as an unhappy princess, she was made a queen and then raised with the title of Empress of India. Victoria represented an age, spanning from colonization through the industrial revolution. This book is a short history of a great life. I can only recommend that you enjoy it. -
Within the first few pages of this book the phrase 'it does what it says on the tin' came to mind. A straightforward factual account of the key events in Victoria's life.
But part way through, the narrative gained more depth, and more complexity. This is a small history book attempting to burst out of the confines of its hour. A good introduction that left me wanting to delve deeper .
It also inspired me to commence an 1863 quotation collection:
"Victoria’s personal physician Sir James Clark recorded that he feared for Victoria’s sanity in 1863, and there were some who thought that Victoria had inherited the “madness” that had taken hold of George III, Victoria’s grandfather. "
A collection that one day will find its home here-
https://navsbooks.wordpress.com/2015/... -
As advertised, you get a history lesson in an hour.
I certainly had heard of Queen Victoria before I read this book, but that was about it. Now I know a lot more about her, and her impact on the royal family, and all it took was a lunch time read. -
No doubt, this literally took less than an hour to read. It was the Cliff Notes of Victoria's life, so it barely skimmed the surface. Other than needing a good proofreader, it met the requirements.
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Concise, easy to read history of Queen Victoria.
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Well written
I always enjoy books abut queenVictoria. This was short but good .good for history buffs. Wis it was longer . -
The book is marketed as a 1-hour read that covers the entirety of Victoria's life. This isn't exactly accurate. First, Victoria was the longest reigning Monarch in England to date, which makes condensing her life into a 1-hour read impractical. The sheer amount of information covers more than 2 hours if there is to be any understanding of who she was. I was unable to read the entire thing in 1 hour and I average reading books with 30 chapters in less than 4. The problem has more to do with the way the content is presented than the actual length of the book. The content is broken up by the timeline of Victoria's life, but it also attempts to tell the story of that life. The rushed nature of the story left me feeling like this was a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew. While my knowledge of the royal families history is admittedly limited, this left Victoria with no redeeming qualities at all.
It was ambitious to think that the full history of any monarch can be conveyed in an hour or less and this book is no exception. The actual facts and dates are lost, and the narrative plays out as a tragedy. The compressed data makes the story feel rushed and harsh. Additionally, the run-on sentences and poor editing do not help. -
Queen Victoria was a small woman 4 feet, 11 inches tall and strong willed, she became Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years and 7 months from June 20, 1837 until her death in 1901.
Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, her first cousin in 1840, Queen Victoria was 16 years old. Prince Albert couldn't propose to her so she proposed to him. They had nine (9) children and 42 grandchildren, a very large family.
Prince Albert died at the age of 42 in 1861. Queen Victoria carried on the duties of Queen during the Industrial Revolution of Great Britain; experiencing the industry expansion, building railroads, bridges, building underground sewers, advancing in science, inventions, and growth in large cities. Also expanding it's imperial encompassing Canada, Australia, Africa and the South Pacific. A quote: The Sun never sets on the British Empire'. Queen Victoria died in 1901, Victoria's son King Edward VII succeeded her British Throne.
This was a very interesting book, it was loaded with facts and interesting stories throughout. I would recommend this to everyone, it's an easy to read interesting hourly history book. -
Hourly History provides snippets of history that can be read in about an hour. In this short biography of Queen Victoria you will get a glimpse of the woman who reigned over Great Britain and its Empire for more than 60 years. Her life was tempestuous from beginning to end. From conception to coronation was a time of political intrigue to insure a particular lineage ascend the throne. She ascended the throne at the age of 18, ruled for just under 64 years, and died at the age of 81. Her life spanned two centuries. She had nine children. This short treatise on her life touches upon her marriage to Albert and her subsequent widowhood, which consumed a great deal of her life.
When I think of Victorian England, my thoughts tend toward Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper; the stories of both attract me like a moth to a flame. This book only touches upon the elements that make these two so timeless without ever mentioning either.
Think of VICTORIA: A LIFE FROM BEGINNING TO END as a jumping off point in the study of her monarchy and the period of history that bears her name. -
This was a very brief history of Queen Victoria. I clearly don't remember learning anything about her in school, and was very fascinated by this. I'm not sure why she was so in love with Prince Albert, considering how controlling and verbally abusive he was. It's interesting that the author states a few times how influential Queen Victoria was, when for most of her reign she let Albert handle everything, and after his death stayed in seclusion for many years. She had a terrible upbringing, so it's hard to fault her for how she turned out. I want to find a more in depth history to get a better idea of her life.
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In this 'snapshot' of Queen Victoria's life, it seems she was a woman of many contradictions. Her public life (and Reign) versus her seclusion; her love for, possible subservience to Albert; her difficult relationships, yet dependence on her children-- all make her out to be a very complex individual. Prior to reading this edition, I knew of the great love story between Victoria and Albert but this suggests it wasn't nearly the storybook romance of folklore. When I have time, I hope to read more about her as this only gives a glimpse into her life and reign as Queen of England.
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I learned a lot about Queen Victoria, and I also learned there was a lot about her that made her unlikable in my eyes. I don't like how she treated her children, or how she behaved like a victim during her pregnancies, or how she allowed her husband Albert to push her around. But the basic facts are in this biography. She lived 81 years and ruled as the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years, 7 months. She had nine children and 42 grandchildren. She mourned the loss of her husband, murmuring his name as she died.
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◾Queen Victoria lived for 81 years and ruled as the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for sixty-three years and seven months.
◾She had nine children with her husband Albert, seven of which were born in the first ten years of their marriage, and had forty-two grandchildren, thirty-four of whom lived into adulthood. Victoria more than earned the nickname the Grandmother of Europe.
◾Victoria died of a cerebral hemorrhage on January 22, 1901, at Osborne House.
◾Her last words were “Oh, Albert…”🥺 -
Good, but...
I did like it but it would have been easier had the author stuck to chronological order throughout. Instead it seems to go in order then tends to jump around at times which is confusing for moments.
However overall it's a quick and interesting lesson on Queen Victoria. I would certainly recommend it for a history class on either British history or the British monarchy. It would be easy for children 12 or over to read and remember. I wish I'd found these little books when I was still homeschooling. -
The book was informative as far as covering her early and middle age life. It seems that she spent the first half or more of her 63 year reign having children, being subservient to her husband Prince Albert, and mourning his death for the rest of her life. You didn't learn that much about what she herself did as monarch and how many noteworthy things occurred throughout her reign until the conclusion.
