Victoria
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
En tidlig junimorgen i 1837 vågner den attenårige prinsesse Victoria op til nyheden om, at hendes onkel, William IV, er død. Hun er nu dronning i verdens mest magtfulde nation. I de kommende uger og måneder vil det vise sig, om den overbeskyttede unge kvinde kan leve op til den rolle, eller om hun vil blive et lydigt og nyttigt redskab for sin mors magtsyge rådgiver Sir John Conroy.
Hun får uvurderlig støtte fra sin premierminister Lord Melbourne. Han er gammel nok til at være hendes far, men han tiltrækkes uhjælpeligt af den unge kvinde. Og hun af ham, for han er den eneste, der ser, at hun vil blive en stor dronning.
Daisy Goodwin har både skrevet romanen og produceret den store tv-serie, Victoria, ITV’s seneste monstersucces, der er solgt til hele verden og vises på DR1 i foråret 2017.
”Den perfekte blanding af spænding og romantik.”
THE TIMES
”Kan varmt anbefales til alle, der elsker historiske romaner.”
BOOKLIST
”Et stykke inspirerende royal historie, der bygger på den unge Victorias egne dagbøger.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
”Goodwin skriver smukt og ubesværet om både historie og følelser.”
DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Inspired by the diaries of Queen Victoria, British TV producer and author Goodwin (The American Heiress) mines a rich vein of royal history with the ascension of the impetuous and imperious 18-year-old whose sole companions were dolls and a lapdog to the English throne in 1837. "Your subjects are not dolls to be played with. To be a queen, you have to be more than a little girl with a crown," scolds a dying lady of the court whom Victoria has cruelly shamed. It is a heartbreaking lesson as the new monarch navigates the palace and political intrigues under the guidance of her charming and lovelorn prime minister, Lord Melbourne. It's this relationship between the impressionable teen and her attentive middle-aged adviser that forms the irresistible emotional center of Goodwin's rich and passionate historical novel. "When you give your heart it will be without hesitation... but you cannot give it to me," Melbourne tells Victoria after she confesses that her prime minister is "the only companion I could ever desire." Rejected, Victoria begins the stormy and politically fraught courtship with her German cousin and future husband, Albert. That true-life ending, however, pales in comparison to Goodwin's timeless recounting of a young girl's aching first love.
