The Widow of Windsor — Jean Plaidy

SHE WAS THE QUEEN. SHE WAS A WIDOW. BUT SHE WAS ALSO A WOMAN...

Even her gay, charming, and philandering son, Bertie, soon to become King Edward, could not help being amused by the scandal that attached to his mother's relationship with the romantic highlander, John Brown.

But it was Queen Victoria herself who dominated the scene, whether at Windsor, Balmoral, or Buckingham Palace. All the fascinating characters of a great romantic age clustered about her like planets around the sun....