I highly recommend "Albert" if you are at the bottom of your reading pile. Droll, repetitious and informational. Reginald Pound has regimentaly stated the facts but didn't bring out the soul of the man (IMHO). That Victoria counted on Albert so much for just about everything was an eye opener for me, as was his particapation in the 1851 exposition with the Crystal Palace.

Brilliant and Stoic ( His German showed) He did much and was a positive force . But the authors style which might be discribed as an literary iamebic pentameter is irksome ( )