Victoria: Portrait of a Queen

Catherine Reef brings history vividly to life in this sumptuously illustrated account of a confident, strong-minded, and influential woman.

Victoria woke one morning at the age of eighteen to discover that her uncle had died and she was now queen. She went on to rule for sixty-three years, with an influence so far-reaching that the decades of her reign now bear her name--the Victorian period. Victoria is filled with the exciting comings and goings of royal life: intrigue and innuendo, scheming advisors, and assassination attempts, not to mention plenty of passion and discord. Includes bibliography, notes, British royal family tree, index.


Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 11/07/2017
Pages: 256
Weight: 2.2lbs
Size: 10.25h x 8.38w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780544716148
Age: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.6
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 500353 / Victoria: Portrait of a Queen


Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2017 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2017 pg. 133
School Library Journal 09/01/2017
Booklist 09/15/2017 pg. 44
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2017
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2018 pg. 105
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 237 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Catherine Reef is the award-winning author of more than forty nonfiction books for young people and adults, many of them biographies, including, most recently, the highly praised Florence Nightingale. Ms. Reef lives in College Park, Maryland. www.catherinereef.com