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Nov 09, 2020ryner rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Ascending to the throne at the age of 18, and just narrowly avoiding a regency that would have given her overbearing mother ruling power in her stead, Alexandrina (who would come to be known as Queen Victoria) begins to emerge from the sheltered life of her childhood. This fictionalized account of the first few years of her reign details her initial endeavors at forging a working relationship with Parliament, her strained relationship with her mother and her very-nearly-wasn't courtship with Prince Albert. I hadn't realized when I added this book to my to-read pile that the focus was so narrow in frame of time. So much of what we know or hear about Victoria takes place upon or after Albert's death, and I actually really appreciated getting to dig into the nuts and bolts of those initial early years, scandals and all.