QUEEN VICTORIA: LOVE & EMPIRE</a>
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Queen Victoria was the sovereign of the UK at the height of the British Empire, and until her great-great granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II overtook her in 2015, was the longest reigning monarch. She ruled over 400 million people! But her road to the throne was an unlikely one marked by a horrible childhood and controlling men. Listen in to learn the truth about one of the most recognizable yet misunderstood queens.
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Non-fiction
Victoria: Portrait of a Queen by Catherine Reef - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/32887973
Rex Factor Podcast Episodes on Queen Victoria - https://rexfactor.podbean.com/e/54-victorias-biography-part-15-1817-61
History Extra Podcast Episodes:
Queen Victoria Behind Closed Doors - https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/queen-victoria-behind-closed-doors/
The Mourning of Queen Victoria - https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/the-mourning-of-queen-victoria/
Queen Victoria’s Dinners and Henry VIII’s Niece - https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/queen-victorias-dinners-and-henry-viiis-niece/
Victorian Secrets by Stephen Fry - https://www.audible.com/pd/Stephen-Frys-Victorian-Secrets-Audiobook/B07JH5JLD6
Fiction
Victoria, Victorious by Jean Plaidy - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/159850.Victoria_Victorious
Victoria by Daisy Goodwin - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30841109-victoria
Movies & TV
The Young Victoria (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0962736/
Victoria (PBS 2016) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5137338
My HRM Victoria perfume was discontinued a few years ago but can still be made upon request. Reach out if you’d like a special bottle. The notes are: French Lavender, vanilla, amber.