ISBN: 9781523821648

This superb biography of Queen Victoria gives the essentials of Victoria's life in a most pleasant prose style. It is not a stuffy biography that gets bogged down in details, but inst… Plus…

This superb biography of Queen Victoria gives the essentials of Victoria's life in a most pleasant prose style. It is not a stuffy biography that gets bogged down in details, but instead a charming, well-written life chronicle that is delightful to read. Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and King George III died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She inherited the throne at the age of 18, after her father's three elder brothers had all died, leaving no surviving legitimate children. The United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy, in which the sovereign held relatively little direct political power. Privately, Victoria attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments; publicly, she became a national icon who was identified with strict standards of personal morality. Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840. Their nine children married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the sobriquet "the grandmother of Europe". After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances. As a result of her seclusion, republicanism temporarily gained strength, but in the latter half of her reign her popularity recovered. Her Golden and Diamond Jubilees were times of public celebration. Queen Victoria's reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than that of any of her predecessors, and is known as the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. She was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover. Her son and successor, Edward VII, initiated the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the line of his father. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Biography>Biography Other>Biography Other, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781523821648

This is the definitive biography of Britain’s greatest monarch, who “was hailed at once as the mother of her people and as the embodied symbol of their imperial greatness.R… Plus…

This is the definitive biography of Britain’s greatest monarch, who “was hailed at once as the mother of her people and as the embodied symbol of their imperial greatness.” “One of the surpassingly beautiful prose achievements of our time” (Chicago Daily News). Index; illustrations. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Biography>Biography Other>Biography Other, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781523821648

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ISBN: 9781523821648

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them a… Plus…

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ISBN: 9781523821648

Reproduction of the original: Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Biography>Biography Other>Biography Other, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1