VICTORIA & ALBERT A Royal Love Affair

With a lilt in her charming British accent, Jessica Ball introduces listeners to the companion audiobook to the PBS series VICTORIA. Narrating an audiobook filled with myriad facts about the royal couple, Ball fluidly describes their loving marriage and the trend-setting model of family life they came to represent. She gracefully transitions to commentaries from the production company on the challenges of re-creating Victorian England, including the costumes and the foods that were replicated. Ball is aided by narrator Dugald Bruce Lockhart, who ably adds newspaper commentaries and other observations from Victorian writings. Together, they create a fascinating portrait of the young royals and give listeners an enjoyable experience. E.E.S. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2017]