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Serving Victoria

Life in the Royal Household
Mar 25, 2019kwylie04 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A very informative book that uses various primary resources (diaries, letters, etc) to explores the lives of the people who served Queen Victoria from her early reign to her final years. I enjoyed this history quite a bit, as it gave me a view of this particular queen that I had not seen before in her many biographies that I've read in the past. I very much enjoyed the exploration of how the royal court went from the wasteful, debauched place it had been under Victoria's various uncles to the staid, conservative, and dreadfully dull place it became under Victoria herself. In truth, one even can see the roots of what has become the modern royal court have their beginnings here. Perhaps my favorite person explored in this book was Sir James Reid, who served as Victoria's physician for many years. He was with her when she died, performed her autopsy, and helped to prepare her for burial (even adding a few touches that Victoria requested but knew that her children would ignore if she left it to them). Very interesting!