'Wise, based on extensive research, and blissfully concise, Queen Victoria is richly illuminating on both her political and personal life. For scholars, students as well as for those who enjoy a good read, this is a book to be savored.' - Peter Stansky, Stanford University 'Professor Arnstein is to be congratulated on the admirable clarity and brevity of his text.' - Kim Reynolds, Research Editor, New Dictionary of National Biography 'Excellent up-to-date concise study of Victoria and her reign.' - Sarah Richardson, University of Warwick 'His book is distinguished by its fairness and cogency.' - Brad Hooper, Booklist 'The book is not too long yet is rich in information about Victoria's personal life and about her reign...' - Sally Weeks, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette 'This is a sharply observed and excellently written book.' - History Today 'Arnstein has clearly succeeded in his aim of providing a succinct and up-to-date overview of Victoria's life which brings her firmly back into the mainstream of Victorian history from which she has been marginalised for too long.' - Roland Quinault, The English Historical Review 'The first royal biography written by a professional historian is Arnstein: Queen Victoria ... an outstanding and pioneering example of how historically-informed royal biography can - and should - be written for the modern period.' - David Cannadine, Historical Research 'For readers seeking a compact life of Queen Victoria, this biography is just the thing.' - Stanley Weintraub, The Historian 'The greatest strength of this particular treatment of Victoria's life is that it is useful for a wide audience. Experts will read it with informed pleasure. General readers will be fascinated by the almost endless array of pageant and drama that was nineteenth century Britain, presented in a seemingly effortless style.' - History: Reviews of New Books 'The book amply reflects Professor Arnstein's deep knowledge of the Victorian era - the product of many years of teaching and research. Consequently the activities of Victoria and her circle are not just ably narrated but also clearly contextualized.' - English Historical Review 'The first royal biography written by a professional historian...and as such Queen Victoria is an outstanding and pioneering example of how historically-informed royal biography can - and should - be written for the modern period.' - Professor David Cannadine, University of London, UK 'At last scholars and students of nineteenth-century British history, and those simply interested in Victorian England, have a concise but comprehensive biography of Queen Victoria, a biography that skillfully integrates her personal life with that of her historical period...Such lively writing, careful scholarship, comprehensive scope, and fresh interpretations, all within a concise framework, suggest that Queen Victoria: A Biography will have as long a life in print as did its subject as ruler.' - Nancy Fix Anderson, Journal of British Studies
