{"product_id":"serving-victoria","title":"Serving Victoria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A vivid, entertaining and often comical portrait....Ms. Hubbard has achieved a real feat in writing so compellingly about life in the 'airless bell jar, ' as she describes the court.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Entertaining....Hubbard draws on a wealth of correspondence and diaries to weave an amusing 'Upstairs, Upstairs' drama.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The appeal in Hubbard's story is the excitement in an otherwise dull existence. Call it the sensuality of the stiffness....The emotional complexity is as entertaining as (and more astute than) most upstairs-downstairs soaps, even those written by Julian Fellowes.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A testament to Hubbard's talent....Readers interested in the Victorian era and the British royal family will enjoy this well-written and remarkably inte4resting account of the 'woeful dullness' and 'loneliness' of life inside Victoria's court.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kate Hubbard's entertaining book, drawing on the vast pile of correspondence from ladies in waiting, maids of honour and others, paints a picture of court life that is compellingly vivid.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Well-written....Fascinating....Both eye opening and thoroughly engaging.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Holgate, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Compelling....The rhythm of court life at Windsor or Balmoral is the backdrop to a rich human drama, a story of people existing in uneasy intimacy with the royal family.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eBen Wilson, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Hubbard has] plundered a rich vein of fascinating and often new information.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eVal Hennessy, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A touching portrait of Victoria offstage and unguarded.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52657549902191,"sku":"9780062269928","price":133.77,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0062269925.jpg?v=1770816417","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/serving-victoria","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}