![]() ![]() ![]() I found it interesting how Meyer's ability to portray Victoria with such realism, caused my sympathies to change throughout the book. Told in Victoria's voice, Meyer uses some of the same techniques known to be used by Victoria in her own diaries, such as capitalizing words and profuse use of underlining what she had written! The novel is divided into three parts Part I, The Princess, Part II, The Queen, and Part III, The Prince. Every aspect of Victoria's life was rigidly controlled, from having her hand held when she walked down the stairs to sleeping in her mother's bedroom until she was eighteen! Her relationship with her mother was so poor, that when she became queen, Victoria banished her mother to a distant part of Buckingham Palace and instructed her that she was not to visit her unannounced. Victoire was strongly under the influence of Sir John Conroy, an ambitious adviser to the royal household, who hoped to eventually make himself Victoria's private secretary when she became queen. ![]() Young Victoria lived at Kensington Palace with her mother, Victoire, who raised her in a very strict manner. This historical fiction tells the story of Queen Victoria of England focuses on Victoria's life growing up, beginning when she was a young child from age seven until just after her marriage to Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld of Germany. Victoria Rebels is another fascinating novel for young teens, written by Carolyn Meyer. ![]()
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