Victoria the Queen : : an Intimate Biography of the Woman who Ruled an Empire
Book - 2016 921 Victoria, Queen 2 On Shelf No requests on this item
Sign in to request
Locations
Call Number: 921 Victoria, Queen
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
| Location & Checkout Length | Call Number | Checkout Length | Item Status |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout |
921 Victoria, Queen | 4-week checkout | On Shelf |
|
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout |
921 Victoria, Queen | 4-week checkout | On Shelf |
The race to the crown -- The birth of "pocket Hercules" -- The lonely, naughty princess -- An impossible, strange madness -- "Awful scenes in the house" -- Becoming queen: "I shall not fail" -- The coronation: "a dream out of the Arabian nights" -- Learning to rule -- A scandal in the palace -- Virago in love -- The bride: "I never, never spent such an evening" -- Only the husband, not the master -- The palace intruders -- King to all intents: "like a vulture into his prey" -- Perfect, awful, spotless prosperity -- Annus Mirabilis: the revolutionary year -- What Albert did: the Great Exhibition of 1851 -- The Crimea: 'This unsatisfactory war' -- London boils over -- Royal parents: "everything passes so quickly!" -- "Who will call me Victoria now?" -- "Thewhole house seems like Pompeii." -- Resuscitating the widow at Windsor -- The queen's stallion -- The faery queen awakes -- Enough to kill any man -- Two ironclads colliding: the queen and Mr. Gladstone -- The monarch in a bonnet -- The "poor munshi" --The diamond empire -- The end of the Victorian Age - "The streets were indeed a strange sight."
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
Library Journal ReviewBooklist Review
Publishers Weekly Review
Summary / Annotation
Table of Contents
Excerpt
Author Notes
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
No community reviews. Write one below!
PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, [2016]
Year Published: 2016
Description: 696 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780812982282
SUBJECTS
Victoria, -- Queen of Great Britain, -- 1819-1901.
Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.