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Cast
Nicholas Rowe (Self - Narrator)Helen Rappaport (Self - Royal Biographer)Lucinda Hawksley (Self - Royal Biographer)Matthew Sweet (Self - Author, 'Inventing the Victorians')Piers Brendon (Self - University of Cambridge)Jane Ridley (Self - Author, 'Bertie, A Life of Edward VII')Miranda Carter (Self - Royal Historian)Kathryn Hughes (Self - Victorian Biographer)Matthew Dennison (Self - Author, 'The Last Princess')A.N. Wilson (Self - Biographer of Queen Victoria)Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (Self - University of Oxford)Karina Urbach (Self - University of London)Juliet Gardiner (Self - Author, 'Queen Victoria')Chris Clark (Self - University of Cambridge)Jehanne Wake (Self - Author, 'Princess Louise')Martyn Downer (Self - Author, 'The Queen's Knight')Lynda Nead (Self - University of London)Saul David (Self - Author, 'Victoria's Wars')
Synopsis
In a 60-year family saga this three-part series explores the reign of Victoria through her personal relationships with her husband and her nine children. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert shared a passionate marriage. Behind closed doors, royal domestic life often seemed like a battlefield. It is a story of manipulation, conflict, intimidation, emotional blackmail, and fevered attempts by her children to escape the clutches of their domineering and needy mother. The series uses a wealth of written material and photos left by Victoria, Albert and their children, including letters, diaries, memoirs and journals, to bring the subject and characters to life.
