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    Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch
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    Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch
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    Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch

    Written by Kate Williams

    Narrated by Katharine McEwan

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    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gripping account of Queen Victoria's rise and early years in power from CNN's official royal historian

    In 1819, a girl was born to the fourth son of King George III. No one could have expected such an unassuming, overprotected girl to be an effective ruler-yet Queen Victoria would become one of the most powerful monarchs in history.

    Writing with novelistic flair and historical precision, Kate Williams reveals a vibrant woman in the prime of her life, while chronicling the byzantine machinations that continued even after the crown was placed on her head. Upon hearing that she had inherited the throne, eighteen-year-old Victoria banished her overambitious mother from the room, a simple yet resolute move that would set the tone for her reign. The queen clashed constantly not only with her mother and her mother's adviser, the Irish adventurer John Conroy, but with her ministers and even her beloved Prince Albert-all of whom attempted to seize control from her.

    Williams lays bare the passions that swirled around the throne-the court secrets, the sexual repression, and the endless intrigue. The result is a grand tale of a woman whose destiny began long before she was born and whose legacy lives on.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateDec 27, 2016
    ISBN9780525493556
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    Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch
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    Kate Williams

    KATE WILLIAMS is the author of the novels The Storms of War, Dancing into Life and The Pleasures of Men, as well as five acclaimed non-fiction books, including Becoming Queen, about Queen Victoria’s youth, and England’s Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton. She is also a social historian and broadcaster who appears regularly on radio and television as a historical and royal expert, frequently appears on BBC Breakfast and has hosted historical documentaries on TV and radio. The New World is the concluding volume in the Storms of War trilogy, which tells the story of the de Witt family between 1914 and 1939. Web: kate-williams.com Twitter: @KateWilliamsme  

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