Victoria A Life - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:A. N. Wilson, Clive Chafer (Narrator) Both the longest reigning British monarch and female sovereign in history, Queen Victoria was a figure of profound paradox who has mystified historians for over a century. Now in this magisterial biography, A. N. Wilson rebukes the conventional wisdom about her life -- that she was merely a “funny little woman in a bonnet” who did ne... more »xt to nothing -- to show she was in fact intensely involved in state affairs despite a public façade of inaction.
More than just the stock image of a stuffy, unsmiling widow in mourning, Wilson’s complete immersion in Victoria’s countless letters and journals reveals a carefully nuanced portrait of a monarch possessed by family immigrant insecurities, a reluctant public figure who learned to exploit public display, a mother who hated pregnancy, and above all, a political luminary who created and controlled the story of her life, true or otherwise.
Narrated by Clive Chafer. 17 audio discs (21 hr.)« less