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Chargement... Queen and Lord M (original 1973; édition 2008)par Jean Plaidy (Auteur)
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Lord M's eyes are always tear-filled in this book, it gets to be a bit much! Other than that strangeness, this is a pretty good novelization of the first few years of Queen Victoria's reign, and pretty historically accurate as far as I know. ( ) 3.5 stars This is Plaidy’s second book about Queen Victoria. This book opens when Victoria learns she is to be queen at 18-years old. Her first few years as queen are very much directed by the Prime Minister at the time, Lord Melbourne. She becomes very close to him. She has a couple of scandals along the way and things look bad to the public with her reaction when she almost loses him as Prime Minister. The book ends just as she marries. This was good. By now I’ve read a bit more about Victoria than I had when I read Plaidy’s first book about her. But this one had much more detail about her relationship with the P.M. Wish she hadn’t relied solely on Melbourne’s advice, but this is what really happened. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieEst contenu dansVictoria Victorius, Sixth Wife, In the Shadow of the Crown, Queen and Lord M, Godess of the Green Room, Myself my Enemy, Regents Daughter, Beyond the Blue Mountains, Queen from Provence, Revolt of Eagles, Queens Husband, Star of Lancaster, Passionate Enemies, Louis the Well Beloved, Wandering Prince, Murder in the Tower, Health Unto his Majesty#, Courts of Love, Red Rose of Anjou, Queen of Scots, Here Lies our Soveriegn Lord, Madame Serpent #, par Jean Plaidy
On the morning of 20th June 1837, an eighteen-year-old girl is called from her bed to be told that she is Queen of England. The Victorian age has begun. The young queen's first few years are beset with court scandal and malicious gossip: there is the unsavoury Flora Hastings affair, a source of extreme embarrassment to the queen; the eternal conflict between Victoria and her mother, and the young queen's hatred of Sir John Conroy, her mother's close friend. Then there is the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne - 'Lord M' - worldly cynic and constant companion to the queen, himself a veteran of many a latter-day scandal. He proves to be her guiding light - until the dashing Prince Albert appears and she falls hopelessly in love ... Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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