{"product_id":"book-cq35","title":"Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Narrator Lucy Paterson provides a charming portrayal of a mother, matron, minx, and monarch: Queen Victoria of England...Paterson's tone is bright and cheerful, and she keeps the historical details lively.\" -\u003ci\u003e AudioFile Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program includes an introduction read by the author, as well as a bonus interview exclusive to the audiobook. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the queen who defied convention and defined an era. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps one of the best known of the English monarchs, Queen Victoria forever shaped a chapter of English history, bequeathing her name to the Victorian age. In \u003ci\u003eQueen Victoria, \u003c\/i\u003eLucy Worsley introduces this iconic woman in a new light. Going beyond an exploration of the Queen merely as a monarch, Worsley considers Victoria as a woman leading a truly extraordinary life in a unique time period. The book is structured around the various roles that Victoria inhabited- a daughter raised to wield power, a loving but tempestuous wife, a controlling mother, and a cunning widow-all while wearing the royal crown. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFar from a proto-feminist, Queen Victoria was socially conservative and never supported women's rights. And yet, Victoria thwarted the strict rules of womanhood that defined the era to which she gave her name. She was passionate, selfish, and moody, boldly defying the will of politicians who sought to control her and emotionally controlling her family for decades. How did the woman who defined Victorian womanhood also manage to defy its conventions? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing from the vast collection of Victoria's correspondence and the rich documentation of her life, Worsley recreates twenty-four of the most important days in Victoria's life including her parents' wedding day, the day she met Albert, her own wedding day, the birth of her first child, a Windsor Christmas, the death of Prince Albert, and many more. Each day gives a glimpse into the identity of this powerful, difficult queen as a wife and widow, mother and matriarch, and above all, a woman of her time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Worsley gives us Victoria in all her infinite variety - queen and mother, matriach and minx. I loved it.\" - Daisy Goodwin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe American Heiress, The Fortune Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictoria: A Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49378279620912,"sku":"40cq35","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49378279588144,"sku":"BDcq35","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/cq35-cover.jpg?v=1761357010","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cq35","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}