We Two Audiobook by Gillian Gill

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/30/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: We Two Subtitle: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals Author: Gillian Gill Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 05-19-09 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 211 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures Publisher's Summary: Now renowned chronicler Gillian Gill turns this familiar story on its head, revealing a strong, feisty queen and a brilliant, fragile prince working together to build a family based on support, trust, and fidelity, qualities neither had seen much of as children. The love affair that emerges is far more captivating, complex, and relevant than that depicted in any previous account. The epic relationship began poorly. The cousins first met as teenagers for a few brief, awkward, chaperoned weeks in 1836. At 17, charming rather than beautiful, Victoria already showed signs of wanting her own way. Albert, the boy who had been groomed for her since birth, was chubby, self-absorbed, and showed no interest in girls, let alone this princess. So when they met again in 1839 as queen and presumed prince-consort-to-be, neither had particularly high hopes. But the queen was delighted to discover a grown man, refined, accomplished, and whiskered. "Albert is beautiful!" Victoria wrote, and she proposed just three days later. As Gill reveals, Victoria and Albert entered their marriage longing for intimate companionship, yet each was determined to be the ruler. This dynamic would continue through the years, with each spouse, headstrong and impassioned, eager to lead the marriage on his or her own terms. For two decades, Victoria and Albert engaged in a very public contest for dominance.