{"product_id":"victoria-paperback","title":"Victoria - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaisy Goodwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Victoria \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis an absolutely captivating novel of youth, love, and the often painful transition from immaturity to adulthood. Daisy Goodwin breathes new life into Victoria's story, and does so with sensitivity, verve, and wit.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e- AMANDA FOREMAN\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on Queen Victoria's diaries, which she first started reading when she was a student at Cambridge University, Daisy Goodwin--creator and writer of the new PBS Masterpiece drama \u003ci\u003eVictoria\u003c\/i\u003e and author of the bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eThe American Heiress\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fortune Hunter--\u003c\/i\u003ebrings the young nineteenth-century monarch, who would go on to reign for 63 years, richly to life in this magnificent novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarly one morning, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria is roused from bed with the news that her uncle William IV has died and she is now Queen of England. The men who run the country have doubts about whether this sheltered young woman, who stands less than five feet tall, can rule the greatest nation in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite her age, however, the young queen is no puppet. She has very definite ideas about the kind of queen she wants to be, and the first thing is to choose her name. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I do not like the name Alexandrina,\" she proclaims. \"From now on I wish to be known only by my second name, Victoria.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNext, people say she must choose a husband. Everyone keeps telling her she's destined to marry her first cousin, Prince Albert, but Victoria found him dull and priggish when they met three years ago. She is quite happy being queen with the help of her prime minister, Lord Melbourne, who may be old enough to be her father but is the first person to take her seriously. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn June 19th, 1837, she was a teenager. On June 20th, 1837, she was a queen. Daisy Goodwin's impeccably researched and vividly imagined new book brings readers Queen Victoria as they have never seen her before.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAISY GOODWIN is the author of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling novels \u003ci\u003eThe American Heiress \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Fortune Hunter. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is a Harkness Scholar who attended Columbia University's film school after earning a degree in history at Cambridge University, and was Chair of the judging panel of the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction. The creator and screenwriter of the Masterpiece presentation \u003ci\u003eVictoria \u003c\/i\u003eon PBS, \u003ci\u003e s\u003c\/i\u003ehe lives in London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772613263648,"sku":"9781250045478","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9da598def3dbbb4513f966b84b7b7731.webp?v=1780409515","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/victoria-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}