Queen Victoria
Subtitle: Daughter, Wife, Mother and Widow
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781473651395
Subjects: Victoria, queen of great britain, 1819-1901; Great britain, history, victoria, 1837-1901
Description: "Victoria found a way of ruling when people were deeply uncomfortable with having a woman on the throne. Her image as a conventional daughter, wife and widow concealed the reality of a talented, instinctive politician. Her actions, if not her words, reveal that she was tearing up the rules on how to be female. But the price of this was deep personal pain. By looking in detail at twenty-four days of her life, through diaries, letters and more, we meet Queen Victoria up-close and personal. Living with her from hour to hour, we can see and celebrte the contradictions that make up British history's most recognisable woman"--Back cover.