Albert and Victoria
Subtitle: the rise and fall of the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
By: Edgar Feuchtwanger
Publisher: Hambledon Continuum
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Victoria, -- Queen of Great Britain, -- 1819-1901; Albert, -- Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, -- 1819-1861; Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography; Princes -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
Genres: Biography
Description: "When Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha married his cousin, the young Queen Victoria in 1840, it was not only a match whose fertility and personal devotion provided a model for the queen's subjects, it was also a triumph of dynastic politics. It drew the couple deeply into European politics, where their personal and family relationships with many of the rulers often had repercussions at home. Despite the death of Albert in 1861, the marriage of Victoria's children into Europe's royal houses continued the dynastic theme. It was a tragedy for Germany and Europe that Vicky, Victoria's eldest daughter, and her husband, the heir to the German throne were unable to master Bismarck. Albert and Victoria is a portrait of a marriage. It also traces Albert to his unhappy family roots in Coburg and shows how important his attitudes, most of them shared by Victoria, were in their joint dynastic enterprise."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index