Reviews

Queen Victoria in Her Letters and Journals: A Selection by Alexandrina Victoria, Christopher Hibbert

heykylie's review against another edition

3.0

A fascinating collection of excerpts of Queen Victoria's letter and journal. I glossed over the duller letters to and about the politics and reveled in the more personal writing about family and life and her emotions.

ladyvictoriadiana's review

3.0

Quite an interesting read, it's always nice to see the letters/journals of these historical figures. My complaint would be that the editor does not provide a lot of historical background information, which makes some of the letters/ journal entries difficult to understand.

brookamimi's review against another edition

5.0

It's always interesting to see what people have to say about their own lives. But this is not a sappy memoir, but an actual record. I think Her Majesty and I would have been friends. I read this book in long spurts, which induced several dreams about her. She was my mother-in-law in one of them, and I have rarely been more scared than then.

pussreboots's review against another edition

4.0

I wish that some of the more significant details of the journals and letters were better highlighted amongst the day to day entries.