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A review by marginaliant
A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy by Helen Rappaport
3.0
Why read 50 Shades of Grey when you can read this unfortunate account of how creepy and awful Victoria's marriage to Albert was? Seriously, ick. If you had any inclination that Victoria was a good monarch, read this book. The whole marriage comes across as weirdly abusive and controlling, but there's probably a generational divide that I'm missing here. I hope I never love someone that much.
Subject matter aside, it's a pretty good book, but it drags on forever. Albert dying alone takes up pages upon pages upon pages, and if it were half as long I don't think we would have lost much. Oh, and there was a whole chapter at the end about what actually killed Albert which I never finished.
By the way, it's not actually 336 pages long, it's 260 with 76 pages of source information for the 100's of primary sources Rappaport references. It's well researched, that's for sure.
Subject matter aside, it's a pretty good book, but it drags on forever. Albert dying alone takes up pages upon pages upon pages, and if it were half as long I don't think we would have lost much. Oh, and there was a whole chapter at the end about what actually killed Albert which I never finished.
By the way, it's not actually 336 pages long, it's 260 with 76 pages of source information for the 100's of primary sources Rappaport references. It's well researched, that's for sure.