The Last Days of Glory
Subtitle: The Death of Queen Victoria
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: September 25, 2001
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780312276720
Copyright date: 2000
Subjects: Great Britain - History - 20th Century; Queen of Great Britain,; Europe - Great Britain - General; Monarchy And Aristocracy; Royalty; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Historical - British; Great Britain; Biography & Autobiography / Royalty; Queens; Victoria,; 1819-1901; Biography; Death and burial
First sentence: Captain Frederick Ponsonby took off his frock coat and threw it over the back of a chair, ready to be put on in an instant should he be called back into the Queen's presence.
Notes: First published in Great Britain by Viking, Penguin Books Ltd.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-326) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: ix; title: Preface
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 1
pagenum: 7
title: The Eyes Grow Dim; label: Chapter 2
pagenum: 32
title: Trials and Anxieties; label: Chapter 3
pagenum: 58
title: Whispers and Denials; label: Chapter 4
pagenum: 79
title: The News Breaks; label: Chapter 5
pagenum: 103
title: Clinging On; label: Chapter 6
pagenum: 129
title: Sunset; label: Chapter 7
pagenum: 148
title: A World in Shock; label: Chapter 8
pagenum: 166
title: Secret Last Wishes; label: Chapter 9
pagenum: 194
title: In Memoriam; label: Chapter 10
pagenum: 222
title: Crossing the Bar; label: Chapter 11
pagenum: 247
title: The People's Farewell; label: Chapter 12
pagenum: 269
title: Reunited; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 288; title: Appendix
pagenum: 294; title: Sources and Notes
pagenum: 301; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 312; title: Index
pagenum: 316