Customer Reviews

An interesting and revealing picture of Queen Victoria, her family and her court - By: K. van Amelorde, 10 Dec 2007
Greg King is an author who just knows how to write books & how to tell a story. His style of writing is entertaining, but not shallow; his books have a great flow & get to the main points without a show of doubt.

"Twilight of Splendour" is no exception. He takes Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee as the starting point & climax to tell the story of the Queen's reign & rule & how she became such an extraordinary monarch. As there are so many books on Queen Victoria & her reign, covering every aspects from the most personal to the most political. Therefore, it is pretty difficult to write a book which gives the reader a new approach & perspective. And indeed, the information is not really new & if you have read about Queen Victoria before most of it will be familiar to you. But Greg King puts this overflow of available information togetherin a great manner creating an interesting & revealing picture of Queen Victoria, her family & her court. I enjoyed it a lot & it gave me some new perspectives & ideas how to view Queen Victoria & her family.