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Prince Albert

The Man Who Saved the Monarchy

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Prince Albert

By: A. N. Wilson
Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
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For over six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great empire. Beside her for more than 20 of those years was her beloved husband and the father of their nine children, Prince Albert. A composer, engineer, soldier, politician, linguist and bibliophile, Albert was one of the architects of Victorian Britain's transformation as a centre of political, technological, scientific and intellectual advancement.

Albert lived only 42 years but fathered four royal dynasties and helped pioneer the modern constitutional monarchy. Drawn from the royal archives, including Prince Albert's own correspondence, this biography offers never-before-known details about the man and his time, giving Albert the reverence and recognition that is long overdue.

©2019 A.N. Wilson (P)2019 Oakhill Publishing 19th Century Europe Great Britain Historical Modern Politics & Activism Royalty Winston Churchill Capitalism

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I knew I was going to enjoy this book, having read A.N. Wilson's outstanding biography of Queen Victoria a few years ago.
I've always found Albert an interesting character. He often tends to be dwarfed in history by his remarkable wife, but here he is flesh and bones. Centre stage in this fascinating account of his life, and the psychodrama of his marriage to a strong and needy character.
Very ably narrated by Gareth Armstrong.

A perfect companion to the author's previous biography of Queen Victoria.

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I liked the well told, well read story and the details of our history which is not covered in school textbooks.

The bringing to life of some aspects of our great nation

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A good overview from his perspective explaining some of his views and what actually happened. Victoria was emotionally in love with him and jealous of her children. He was not in love with her but wanted a family and loved her because of their life together.

A perfect love match? One sided relationship really.

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I very much enjoyed this. This is the first time I have read a book about the Prince, not just as a sidebar to his wife. He seems a very decent sensitive soul, I think he was suffocated and dominated by a bit of a bully of a wife. I enjoyed hearing more detail about his life.

Very good

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First rate, balanced account of our greatest Victorian with loads of context to make sense of it all

First rate

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