Find out what Mumsnetters thought of The Victoria Letters, the official companion to the ITV show Victoria

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Were you gripped by ITV's Victoria? Intrigued by the life and letters of this fascinating royal? Then this is the giveaway is for you - we've got 50 copies of the show's official companion The Victoria Letters! Find out more.

In The Victoria Letters, Helen Rappaport delves into the private writings of the young Queen Victoria, painting a vivid picture of the life of one of England's greatest monarchs. Full of beautiful photography from the series and original images from the era, this book allows us an inside look at the girl behind the Queen.

We ask all the giveaway winners to share their thoughts about the book on this discussion thread. But you don't have to have won a free copy - anyone who has read The Victoria Letters can post their feedback here (and you can buy the book now).

If you've read The Victoria Letters, post your feedback on the book by 3 January to be entered into a prize draw to win a £100 Love2shop voucher.

This giveaway is sponsored by HarperCollins

Some beautiful photographs and pictures that appealed to our reluctant reader!

I read this after watching the ITV series which was wonderful. The book is so fascinating! I got completely immersed into the royal history and the illustrations were simply stunning :)

Queen Victoria was a fascinating person and the TV programme and the book bring out more of her character that was little known.

A very good read.

Happy New Year! It looks like The Victoria Letters proved to be beautiful and informative historical holiday reading. Thanks for all your feedback. The lucky winner of the £100 voucher is... libra101

fantastic read.

I received this as a Christmas present and I've just managed to finish it. I don't think it's one I would have chosen myself but I found it a really interesting read. I didn't watch the TV series but I think I'm going to have to see if it's on iplayer or dvd.

@SorchaMumsnet - I was just coming on to give my feedback, only to find it's too late - but it's still January 3rd! Think you should have made it clearer that the cut off time was before the end of the day!

Stewaris- it was on itv, and has now gone from the itv hub catch-up, but it is available on DVD - my DD gave it to me for Christmas, along with the book.

Hi RustyBear - apologies for not clarifying. In the future we'll try to make that more clear. Hope it was a nice Christmas present regardless!

Absolutely loved the illustrations, the book provided a fascinating insight into Queen Victoria. Really enjoyed it.

Firstly many,many thanks for The Victoria Letters! A truly beautiful edition and a pleasure to own. The book itself is extremely insightful and a wonderful accompaniment to the the television production whilst providing far more detail as to events and circumstances. A lovely personal insight. The illustrations are beautiful. A book to pick up and dip in at leisure.

I loved the series and would love a copy of this book.

A very interesting read.

HAVE NOT READ IT BUT THINK THIS WILL BE ONE TO WATCH

I loved the series and this is a super companion book with lots of extras.

I've really enjoyed reading 'The Victoria Letters' - I'm not a massive fan of history books but this book is broken down into small chunks and the mixture of content from diary entries to letters to and from Victoria make it a very interesting read. I've learnt more in the past few weeks about the Victorian era than I ever did at school!

A very interesting and enjoyable book. I have not watched the series so I cannot compare but the book is a great insight of that era. My hubby enjoyed it even more. Would def recommend it to my friends!

Thank you for my copy . Lovely read great illustrations and pictures
an ideal companion to the TV series . I'm not usually a lover of history
books but really brought the past to life many thanks.

Sorry to have taken so long - i lent this to my parents and they both read it as they had watched the series. Really unusual for my dad to read a book. We all love the detail in the accompanying book and learnt so much. Thank you for picking me.