Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in)
The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant
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Narrated by:
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Elizabeth Jasicki
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By:
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Shrabani Basu
About this listen
Now a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears.
History’s most unlikely friendship - this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearest companion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim.
In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of her two great loves - Prince Albert and John Brown - Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables at her Golden Jubilee. The two form an unlikely bond and within a year Abdul becomes a powerful figure at court, the Queen’s teacher, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a friend close to her heart. This marked the beginning of the most scandalous decade in Queen Victoria’s long reign. As the royal household roiled with resentment, Victoria and Abdul’s devotion grew in defiance. Drawn from secrets closely guarded for more than a century, Victoria & Abdul is an extraordinary and intimate history of the last years of the 19th-century English court and an unforgettable view onto the passions of an aging Queen.
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- Helen Musson
- 08-06-24
Brilliant!
Absolutely loved it and really enjoyed it. Absolutely Brilliant. Absolutely fantastic. Very good. I hope the next one is just as good as this one.
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- J. Hamer
- 16-05-18
Fascinating
Having watched the film it was good to hear the true story behind it all.
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- Lesley Goodman
- 31-05-18
Very interesting, beautifully narrated.
A wonderful, sad and moving story, well written and narrated. Very enjoyable. Would definitely recommend. I'm sure I'll read it again. It has given me a taste for historical stories of the royals.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-07-18
Wonderfull
I loved listening to this book. I couldn't help but think back to those times and wonder what they were like!!
It made me look back at our nation's history
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- nups
- 21-08-19
long and whiney.
struggled to finish this, story was quite repetitive and doesn't create the interest I had hoped for in the topic.
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- G Baker
- 30-10-17
Is This a History Lesson?
I tried and tried to get into this audiobook. I found the narrator didn't put much feeling into the reading, not enough emotion. As she introduced the travelling of the characters to different countries and areas It kept going back to what places used to be called and the wars that had taken place, which I thought had no relevance to the story. It didn't grab my attention and I wanted to get into the dialogue between Queen Victoria and Abdul and what they did together. I do believe the true story is a very interesting one but I couldn't get over all the history being told. Not for me.
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