Victoria R.I
1964, First Edition. London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Very good cloth library copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims; some library marks remain. A well-preserved example overall; internally strong and clean. Item #477463
Physical description; 635 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, genealogical table, portraits ; 25 cm. Notes; American edition published under title: Queen Victoria: born to succeed. Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-604) and index. Contents; Part One – Born to succeed 1815-19 – "I will be good" 1819-30 – Royal progress 1830-34 – "She must be coerced" 1835-37 – Little victory 1837 – The wonderful year 1837-38 – Disenchantment 1838-39 – "Mama's amiable lady" 1839 – Ladies of the bedchamber 1839 – "My beloved Albert" 1839-40 – The blotting paper 1840 – "I am going" 1841-42 – A safe haven 1842-46 – "Great events make me calm" 1846-48 – The devil's son 1848-50 – "Our happy home life" 1846-51 – "Every age has its advantages" 1852-54 – The unsatisfactory war 1854-56 – Dinner à trois 1855-59 – Last years of marriage 1855-60 – "He was my life" 1861 – Part Two – Still December 1861-64 – Brown eminence - the 1860s – Granite and rock 1865-68 – Head of all the family 1865-69 – The royalty question 1870-74 – The faery queen 1874-78 – "I had no alternative" 1878-80 – Among the trumpets 1880-83 – The bitter cry 1883-84 – Gordon and the tup-tupping 1884-85 – Home Rule 1885-86 – The jubilee bonnet 1887-91 – "Still endure" 1892-95 – The labourer's task 1892-1900 – "Mother's come home" 1900-1901 – Notes – Index. Subjects; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901) – Biography. Queens – Great Britain – Biography.
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