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Queen Victoria: A Personal History Book

Heir to the throne at the age of 11, queen at 18, mothering her own heirs at 21, and both a widow and a grandmother by the time she was 42, Queen Victoria's was an extraordinary life, even for a British monarch. Centuries collided in her life and times. She was a quaint survival of a medieval age--preserving the dynasty by marrying off her children and observing court ritual to the letter. But she was a thoroughly modern monarch too--she loved rail travel at high speed, had an unusually insouciant attitude towards religion, and despite her reputation for not being amused, she was, at least until Prince Albert's death, a woman to whom gaiety and mischief came naturally. Christopher Hibbert, the biographer and popular historian, has already produced a selection from Victoria's journals and letters. Now he has written a full biography, which is a light and enjoyable tour through a familiar landscape. But with 66 chapters in 500 pages there is not much space for depth. The world beyond Victoria's court and family life does not feature very much. And on the outstanding questions of her reign--for example, her relationship with John Brown, her unrealistic sense of her own constitutional position, or the remaking of the image of the monarchy which took place after 1870--the author's verdict is either missing or inconclusive. --Miles TaylorRead More

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  • Amazon

    For more than 60 years Queen Victoria presided over 20 governments, and a country undergoing profound economic, social and political change. This biography brings Victoria and her ministers vividly to life, as well as all those whom the Queen came to know, to love, dislike, revere or denigrate.

  • TheBookPeople

    A major new biography marking the centenary of Queen Victoria's death, by the uncrowned king of historical biographers. Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837 and died in 1901 at the age of nearly eighty-two. For more than sixty years she presided over twenty governments, and a country undergoing profound economic, social and political change. In Queen Victoria: A Personal History we see Victoria develop from the young, inexperienced Queen in thrall to the charming, cynical and devoted Melbourne, to the intimidating matriarch who so terrified members of her household that they were once seen scurrying away across the lawn at Sandringham, crying 'The Queen! The Queen!' when she appeared unexpectedly at the garden door. Victoria and her ministers are brought vividly to life, as are all those whom the Queen came to know, to love, dislike, revere or denigrate, from her mother's friend Sir John Conroy to her own adored husband, Prince Albert, who patiently endured her petulant tantrums. Based on a wide variety of sources, including the Queen's voluminous correspondence and intimate journals -- some of which have never been printed before -- Christopher Hibbert's biography is an endlessly entertaining and persuasive portrait of one of the most remarkable women of her time.

  • Foyles

    Christopher Hibbert’s acclaimed biography of Queen Victoria is as impressive and authoritative as the great woman herself.In 1837 an eighteen-year-old girl, raised by a German mother, inherited the throne of the United Kingdom. She was to reign as queen – and later Empress of India – for almost sixty-four years, presiding over twenty prime ministers and a period of unprecedented social and political change. Her era became synonymous with moral rigidity and colonial expansion, and this absorbing biography of Queen Victoria, the unlikely figurehead of a vast and powerful empire, explores how the young monarch transformed herself into a formidable matriarch and the epitome of an age.Embracing her life and family, her politics and personality, her love for Prince Albert and her relationship with John Brown, Hibbert’s touching biography is a persuasive portrait of a remarkable woman.

  • Blackwell

    Christopher Hibbert's acclaimed biography of Queen Victoria is as impressive and authoritative as the great woman herself. Christopher Hibbert's acclaimed biography of Queen Victoria is as impressive and authoritative as the great woman herself.

  • BookDepository

    Queen Victoria : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780006388432 : 0006388434 : 01 Mar 2012 : Christopher Hibbert's acclaimed biography of Queen Victoria is as impressive and authoritative as the great woman herself.

  • 0006388434
  • 9780006388432
  • Christopher Hibbert
  • 3 September 2001
  • HarperCollins
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 576
  • New Ed
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