LucyHoneychurch

Longtime reader, infrequent poster.... Can anyone recommend a good biography on Queen Victoria or history on the Victorian age? I realized while watching episode 1 that I don't know a lot about the era, despite my love of Victorian novels. I'm not an avid biography reader, so I'm looking for something "readable" as opposed to getting bogged-down in footnotes and notes.

My people! I just finished watching River on Netflix. Highly recommended. I'm a little upset that Lifetime is going to be showing War and Peace instead of PBS or HBO. Even with a DVR I can't deal with the commercials. Any word on if/when Doctor Foster might make its way to the US?

Watching Graham Norton last night, BBC America had a commercial that they are showing Sherlock starting November 8th. I know Masterpiece/PBS is a producer of the show--I assume they still have first US airing rights? Even with the delay, I'd rather watch it on PBS then go crazy with BBC America's incessant commercials.