King without a crown
Subtitle: Albert, Prince Consort of England, 1819-1861
By: Daphne Bennett.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Lippincott
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861; Princes -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
Notes: Bibliography: p. 388-393.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: The families of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; title: Part one : Destiny 1806-1840.; title: This paradise of our childhood; title: To sacrifice mere pleasure to real usefulness; title: Part two : Frustration 1840-1842.; title: Only the husband, not the master; title: Everything I do is for the queen; title: Let us be better, and everything will be better; title: Part three : Apprenticeship 1842-1851.; title: The first link has been forged; title: To me, Prince Albert is king; title: I wish that he should be equal in rank to me; title: There is no turning back the clock; title: Prince Albert has the right ideas; title: Like a series of dissolving views; title: The drop which made the cup overflow; title: Part four : Fulfilment 1851-1861.; title: A monarchy that was a myth has become a reality; title: The duke had to be content; title: Deaf to the calls of honour and duty; title: Killed by their own people; title: Friendship cannot go much higher; title: To fit a gentleman with a gentleman's education; title: A future disappearing into the past; title: It is the government, and not the Commons, who hold back; title: Sentimentality is a plant that cannot grow in England; title: He is king in all but name; title: Like the hawk, I must not sleep, but be for ever on the watch; title: Everything but health; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix 1 : The bedchamber question; title: Appendix 2 : Did Albert die of typhoid?; title: Governments 1835-1865 and some of their leading members; title: Biographical notes and glossary