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Author
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Seen through the eyes of 6 members of her household as she travelled between Windsor, Osborne and Balmoral, and to the French and Belgian courts, Queen Victoria emerges in Kate Hubbard's book as more vulnerable, more emotional, more selfish, and more comical than is generally supposed.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
What happened after the Queen married her handsome prince? Did they live happily ever after, or did their marriage, like so many royal marriages past and present fizzle into a loveless bond of duty? Victoria and Albert were the royal couple that broke the mould - it may have been an arranged match, yet their union was a passionate, tempestuous relationship between two extremely strong-willed individuals. Despite the fact that they were first cousins...
Author
Publisher
Ticktock
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Each title in this series explores the key information required by the National Curriculum for the study of the subject. Information packed, the dip-in dip-out text that is levelled to reading age eight years, is supported by contemporary photographic imagery.
Author
Publisher
William Collins
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Queen Victoria is Britain's queen of contradictions. In her combination of deep sentimentality and bombast; cultural imperialism and imperial compassion; fear of intellectualism and excitement at technology; romanticism and prudishness, she became a spirit of the age to which she gave her name. This is a compelling assessment of Victoria's mercurial character and indelible impact.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the morning of 20th June 1837, an 18-year-old girl is called from her bed to be told that she is Queen of England. Lord Melbourne - worldly cynic and constant companion to the queen, himself a veteran of many a latter-day scandal proves to be her guiding light - until the dashing Prince Albert appears and she falls hopelessly in love.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the time they were in their cradles, Victoria and Albert were destined for each other. However, the passive Albert is well aware that marriage to a quick-tempered, demonstrative young woman like Victoria could result in unnecessary scenes and stormy court feuds - and he is right.
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