Victoria

In 1829, nine-year-old Victoria begins a journal chronicling her life as an English princess. Includes information on th... (more)

In 1829, nine-year-old Victoria begins a journal chronicling her life as an English princess. Includes information on the reign, marriage, and family life of Queen Victoria and English civilization during that period. (less)

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Drawing on Queen Victoria{u2019}s diaries, which she first started reading when she was a student at Cambridge Universit... (more)

Drawing on Queen Victoria{u2019}s diaries, which she first started reading when she was a student at Cambridge University, Daisy Goodwin{u2015}creator and writer of the new PBS/Masterpiece drama Victoria and author of the bestselling novels The American Heiress and The Fortune Hunter{u2015}brings the young nineteenth-century monarch, who would go on to reign for 63 years, richly to life in this magnificent novel. Early one morning, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria is roused from bed with the news that her uncle William IV has died and she is now Queen of England. The men who run the country have doubts about whether this sheltered young woman, who stands less than five feet tall, can rule the greatest nation in the world. Despite her age, however, the young queen is no puppet. She has very definite ideas about the kind of queen she wants to be, and the first thing is to choose her name. g2sI do not like the name Alexandrina,g3s she proclaims. g2sFrom now on I wish to be known only by my second name, Victoria.g3s Next, people say she must choose a husband. Everyone keeps telling her she{u2019}s destined to marry her first cousin, Prince Albert, but Victoria found him dull and priggish when they met three years ago. She is quite happy being queen with the help of her prime minister, Lord Melbourne, who may be old enough to be her father but is the first person to take her seriously. On June 19th, 1837, she was a teenager. On June 20th, 1837, she was a queen. Daisy Goodwin{u2019}s impeccably researched and vividly imagined new book brings readers Queen Victoria as they have never seen her before. (less)

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Drawing on Queen Victoria{u2019}s diaries, which she first started reading when she was a student at Cambridge Universit... (more)

Drawing on Queen Victoria{u2019}s diaries, which she first started reading when she was a student at Cambridge University, Daisy Goodwin{u2015}creator and writer of the new PBS/Masterpiece drama Victoria and author of the bestselling novels The American Heiress and The Fortune Hunter{u2015}brings the young nineteenth-century monarch, who would go on to reign for 63 years, richly to life in this magnificent novel. Early one morning, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria is roused from bed with the news that her uncle William IV has died and she is now Queen of England. The men who run the country have doubts about whether this sheltered young woman, who stands less than five feet tall, can rule the greatest nation in the world. Despite her age, however, the young queen is no puppet. She has very definite ideas about the kind of queen she wants to be, and the first thing is to choose her name. g2sI do not like the name Alexandrina,g3s she proclaims. g2sFrom now on I wish to be known only by my second name, Victoria.g3s Next, people say she must choose a husband. Everyone keeps telling her she{u2019}s destined to marry her first cousin, Prince Albert, but Victoria found him dull and priggish when they met three years ago. She is quite happy being queen with the help of her prime minister, Lord Melbourne, who may be old enough to be her father but is the first person to take her seriously. On June 19th, 1837, she was a teenager. On June 20th, 1837, she was a queen. Daisy Goodwin{u2019}s impeccably researched and vividly imagined new book brings readers Queen Victoria as they have never seen her before. (less)

Shot in a single uninterrupted take, Victoria, a young woman from Madrid meets four local guys outside a nightclub. Sonn... (more)

Shot in a single uninterrupted take, Victoria, a young woman from Madrid meets four local guys outside a nightclub. Sonne and his friends are real Berliners who promise to show her a good time and the real side of the city. But these boys have got themselves into hot water: they owe someone a dangerous favor that needs to be repaid that evening. As Victoria's flirtation with Sonne begins developing into something more, he convinces her to come along for the ride. As the night rolls on, what started out as a good time, quickly spirals out of control. As dawn approaches, Victoria and Sonne realize: it's all or nothing and they abandon themselves to a heart-stopping journey into the depths of the night. Winner of the Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas and the Silver Berlin Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"An extraordinary experience, raw and exciting." - Dave Calhoun, **Time Out*** (less)