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Queen Victoria: A Biographical Companion (Biographical Companions) (Hardback)
$68.61 - Save $9.30 (11%) - RRP $77.91 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 72 hours | |Short Description for Queen VictoriaThis 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.
Full description- Publisher: ABC-CLIO Ltd
- Published: 01 May 2003
- Format: Hardback 300 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Biography: Royalty | Reference Works | Dictionaries Of Biography (Who's Who) | British & Irish History | Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900
- ISBN 13: 9781851093557 ISBN 10: 1851093559
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Full description for Queen Victoria
In this fascinating guide to every aspect of Queen Victoria's life, author Helen Rappaport analyzes the queen's personality, celebrates her achievements, and details the shortcomings of her empire, both in Britain, with its continuing divide between rich and poor, and overseas, where Britain's great empire was won by repression and exploitation. A-Z entries--including topics barely touched in standard biographies--cover things like the various assassination attempts on her life, her interest in dancing and Jack the Ripper's murders, and how her husband Prince Albert introduced the celebration of Christmas to England. "Queen Victoria" also describes individuals such as her companion Lady Jane Churchill, her physician Sir James Clark, and politicians such as William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli; events like the Irish potato famine; inventions like steam power; and issues such as missionary activity and prostitution. It also includes bibliographies both for each entry and overall, and a chronology.
