Queen Victoria:

A Biographical Companion

A highly readable and wide-ranging compendium of fascinating information on the Queen’s life and times, as well as the people, places and events that played an important part in it

Expertly compiled … an impressively comprehensive 463-page Biographical compendium offering a wide selection of information. An invaluable and highly recommended addition to academic and European history resource and reference collections.

Queen Victoria:

A Biographical Companion

This resource covers the life, times, and relationships of Queen Victoria, providing information about her children, her personal interests, the historic times in which she ruled, and the leaders she influenced.

A complete A-Z reference on Queen Victoria-a unique resource focusing on all aspects of her public and private life

Generous illustrations, with drawings and photographs of people, places, and events including Eugenie, Empress of France, a close friend of the queen’s; Sir Robert Peel, statesman, whom the queen initially loathed; the queen’s family, companions, and advisors; and locations such as the Royal Mausoleum, built by the queen as the resting place of Prince Albert.

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The Victorian Christmas

The Victorian Christmas

The cosy Dickensian Christmas referred to in Queen Victoria’s diary for Christmas Eve 1860, was in great part popularized by Victoria and Albert after their marriage in 1840. During the 21 years that followed they did much to set their own particular stamp on how the festival is celebrated in this country.

Back Home in Dickensland

Back Home in Dickensland

As children we were fearless. Mean, and muddy, and at times dispiriting it may have been, but the Medway Estuary was our paradise. My own daydreams draw me there still…

Queen Victoria’s dress sense – or lack of it

Queen Victoria’s dress sense – or lack of it

Queen Victoria’s dress sense – or rather, lack of it – was a subject that regularly provoked the despair of her courtiers. Despite his best efforts, the court painter, Franz Winterhalter, who painted some of the most fashionable women in Europe, could not disguise Victoria’s slightly provincial air…

Queen Victoria’s Passion for Photography

Queen Victoria’s Passion for Photography

The 63-year reign of Queen Victoria brought with it much invention and innovation, but nothing has probably been more significant in defining the mental picture we all of have of her and Victorian everyday life than the photograph.

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