Victoria the queen : an intimate biography of the woman who ruled an empire

Baird, Julia (Julia Woodlands) (Author).

Summary: A magnificent biography of Queen Victoria by International New York Times columnist Julia Baird. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, 'Victoria: The Queen' is a stunning new portrait of the real woman behind the myth--a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience.--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780679605058 (ebook)
ISBN: 1400069882
ISBN: 9781400069880
Physical Description: xlvii, 696 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical tables ; 25 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The birth of "pocket Hercules" -- The death of a father -- The lonely, naughty princess -- An impossible, strange madness -- "Awful scenes in the house" -- Becoming queen: "I am very young" -- 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, and 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' -- Royal parents and the dragon of dissatisfaction -- "There is no one to call me Victoria now" -- "The whole house seems like Pompeii." -- Resuscitating the Widow of 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."