A review by larooster
Becoming Queen by Kate Williams

4.0

Interesting read on how Queen Victoria came to power. She was 3rd in line but only after counting all the illegitimate heirs, including morganatic marriages (not legal b/c one person was not in the same social class/untitled, even if married in a church). Her rise to Queen is really a crapshoot of people dying soon after ascending the throne, etc. Finally I found it interesting that her husband Albert (for whom she wore black mourning attire for decades) and she did not have a big love affair as has been suggested in other books, movies, etc.