VICTORIA

Facts are introduced with a cool intelligence and take us through Victoria s 81 years with skill in selection and quotation. Precise, informative, well balanced in comment... All is admirably documented... Mullen and Munson give a perspective to Victoria s life and times. The Sunday Times I must say at once that I have enjoyed this new biography... As an exercise in scholarly rather than journalistic compression, it is skilful and well proportioned... As a biography... it is indeed multum in parvo... Beginning as a BBC radio series, it should end as the most useful short account of Victoria s reign now available to the general public... the true research involved in this account has produced many pleasant surprises. History & Archaeology Review An excellent introduction to an enormous subject. The Tablet This book stands out as by far the best short account of Victoria as a woman and Queen. It deserves a wide sale for its accuracy and charm, and its freedom from any attempt to force her into a mould. This delightful book. Church of England Newspaper A remarkable woman, well portrayed here. The Birmingham Post A vivid, intimate and sometimes unexpected portrait. Worcester Weekend News It is the gossipy, human anecdotes that make this biography such a delight. Wiltshire Gazette & Herald_,