Victoria and Albert - A Royal Love Affair: Official companion to the ITV series

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The second tie-in to ITV drama Victoria unveils the complex, passionate relationship of Victoria and Albert. What happened after the Queen married her handsome prince? Did they live happily ever after, or did their marriage, like so many royal marriages past and present fizzle into a loveless bond of duty? Victoria and Albert were the royal couple that broke the mould - it may have been an arranged match, yet their union was a passionate, tempestuous relationship between two extremely strong-willed individuals. Despite the fact that they were first cousins they could not have been more different people - she was impulsive, emotional, capricious, while he was cautious, self-controlled, and logical. But together they became the most successful royal couple there had ever been, and this book reveals the private and the public face of Victoria and Albert's marriage. Using their letters and diaries, Victoria and Albert charts the constant ebb and flow of power between the couple, and presents a picture of a very modern marriage. This companion book, full of rich historical detail, takes fans deeper into that period than ever before. Discover the inner workings behind the scenes, with profiles of all the major characters, interviews with the actors and fascinating, in-depth information on the production, the costumes and the props.

Daisy Goodwin is a television producer and writer. She is married with two children and lives in London. SARA SHERIDAN is a historical novelist who writes the Mirabelle Bevan Mysteries, plus epics based on the real-life adventures of Victorian explorers. Her novel On Starlit Seas was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2017. Fascinated by women's history, she appears regularly on television and radio. She has been named one of the Saltire Society's 365 most influential women past and present.