Royal Representations
Subtitle: Queen Victoria and British Culture, 1837-1876 (Women in Culture and Society Series)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: February 2, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780226351131
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Literary studies: 19th century; Women's studies; c 1800 to c 1900; Great Britain - History - 19th Century; Monarchy And Aristocracy; History; History - General History; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / Great Britain; Victoria; 19th century; Biography; Civilization; Great Britain; Monarchy; Queens; Queens in literature
First sentence: What made it possible, at a time when women were meant to "obey," for a woman to occupy the throne of England for sixty-three years and to leave the monarchy's domestic and international prestige, if not its political authority, enhanced?