TITLE:
Victoria : a life / A.N. Wilson.
Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Press,
Physical Description:
xi, 642 p. [16] p of plates : ill., ports, genealogical table.
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Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [576]-619) and index.
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781594205996
