Victoria : a life /
Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria's coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Penguin Press,
2014.
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| Summary: | Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria's coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown, all set against the backdrop of a momentous epoch in Britain's history -- and the world's. |
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| Item Description: | "Includes a wealth of new material from previously unseen sources to show us Queen Victoria as she's never been seen before. Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria's coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death, and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown, all set against the backdrop of this momentous epoch in Britain's history--and the world's"--Dust jacket flap. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 642 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, genealogical table ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [576]-619) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781594205996 (hbk.) : 159420599X (hbk.) |