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This book, which is aimed at older children/young teenagers, tells us of the lives of two girls named Victoria. The more famous of these two is the Princess Victoria, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. With the death of a number of her uncles, she becomes heir to the throne of Great Britain. The other Victoria is “Miss V.”, the daughter of Sir John Conroy. She is roughly the same age as the princess and becomes her companion.
Princess Victoria lives in Kensington Palace, with her mother, a widow, and her governess and teacher, Baroness Lehzen. Sir John Conroy is comptroller of this household and, with the Duchess of Kent, they devised something called the “Kensington System”. This ensured that the young princess was kept isolated and obedient, under the strict control of the adults around her.
Miss V. is brought into the household at the age of 10 to be a companion for the princess, but her reception is not particularly enthusiastic. Princess Victoria is very unhappy with her restricted life and is highly distrustful of young companion.
Lucy Worsley has used real historical characters and settings in this novel, but she has used her imagination to develop the relationships between them. I loved the “what if” plot development, which took me by surprise.
This was a very enjoyable read for me. The settings were described in a way which made them visible in my mind and the characters were well developed and interesting. I am a fan of Lucy Worsley’s history programmes and I have to say, I’m a fan of her novel, “My Name is Victoria”!


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My Name Is Victoria Lucy Worsley Books Reviews

This is a fictional account of Queen Victoria's childhood and the other girl named Victoria who was her companion. This book portrays the way Victoria was treated under Sir John Conroy's Kensington System. Victoria was kept in Kensington Palace under an extremely restrictive kind of security and deplorable conditions. The story is written from the perspective of Sir John's daughter Victoria and follows their experiences from age ten through age eighteen when Victoria becomes the Queen of England. Can the girls outwit the cruel and power hungry Sir John?
I enjoyed this book overall. It was a unique take on Victoria's childhood. It's so sad to think that she may have been treated so cruelly by Sir John Conroy. Most of the story was believable to me until the very end of the book, from the time they met Prince Albert until the end of the book. That plot twist was unexpected and improbable. Other than that, I really enjoyed reading about the girls' relationship and the way they fought Sir John's policies. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical fiction. I believe this book would be great for middle grade and high school students.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. A positive review was not required, and all opinions expressed are entirely my own.
I went in not knowing much about this book except that it was about Queen Victoria's childhood. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book! You couldn't help but feel bad for Princess Victoria and Miss V Conroy. I found Miss V a much more enjoyable character than I did Victoria, but that was probably the point. Miss V conducted herself as you would expect a person of noble blood to act whereas Victoria didn't act that way at all. Overall, I enjoyed learning more about the Queen's childhood, and I loved the ending of the book. This is a must read for fans of Queen Victoria.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I received a free E-Arc from Netgalley.

First things first, I loved this book. Okay, I loved 90% of this book. It was a thoroughly enjoyable novel, a fascinating insight into the early years of Princess Victoria and an exceptionally well-researched novel. If anyone has read the Lady Grace Mysteries set in the first Elizabethan England I would recommend this story to them.

The first half of the story follows the exploits of the young Princess and her friend Miss V. at the age of about 11. This part of the story is long and detailed, but that's no bad thing because the second half of the novel is somewhat faster paced and follows the two girls between the ages of about 16 and 18.

The author manages to portray the enemy of the story, Miss V's father, Sir John Conroy, in both a sympathetic and a cruel way, highlighting his meanness and ambitions for his future, while also showing him as an almost loving father to his daughter, Miss V. It is only near the end of the novel that his ambitious nature makes it almost impossible to like the man anymore.

Princess Victoria's mother is a shadowy character who is hardly ever seen, and it's the nurse and the governess who populate the majority of the story, along with their dog, Dash, and poor old Princess Sophia, at least until near the end of the story when a few German princes make an appearance. And it was from here on that I disliked the story. I genuinely can appreciate the author's intentions in making some changes to the accepted story, but the more I think about them, the more I think that it's just a reach too far to expect the reader to accept the changes. Almost like Alison Weir with her fictional books on Elizabeth I, I found the changes to undermine my own, previous, appreciation of the 'historical personage' and it went too much against what I was expecting to be easy to accept and quite frankly, it annoyed me a little.

Still, if I can forget that, I must applaud the author for this attempt to portray the early years of Princess Victoria. This is a fascinating and enjoyable account and I would recommend it.
This book, which is aimed at older children/young teenagers, tells us of the lives of two girls named Victoria. The more famous of these two is the Princess Victoria, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. With the death of a number of her uncles, she becomes heir to the throne of Great Britain. The other Victoria is “Miss V.”, the daughter of Sir John Conroy. She is roughly the same age as the princess and becomes her companion.
Princess Victoria lives in Kensington Palace, with her mother, a widow, and her governess and teacher, Baroness Lehzen. Sir John Conroy is comptroller of this household and, with the Duchess of Kent, they devised something called the “Kensington System”. This ensured that the young princess was kept isolated and obedient, under the strict control of the adults around her.
Miss V. is brought into the household at the age of 10 to be a companion for the princess, but her reception is not particularly enthusiastic. Princess Victoria is very unhappy with her restricted life and is highly distrustful of young companion.
Lucy Worsley has used real historical characters and settings in this novel, but she has used her imagination to develop the relationships between them. I loved the “what if” plot development, which took me by surprise.
This was a very enjoyable read for me. The settings were described in a way which made them visible in my mind and the characters were well developed and interesting. I am a fan of Lucy Worsley’s history programmes and I have to say, I’m a fan of her novel, “My Name is Victoria”!