Author : Dorothy Marshall Year of publication: 1984 Format: Hardback Signature: No First edition :No Condition: Very Good Category: Biographies Cost of book: £10 (includes P+P) Price negotiable: No
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The Life and Times of Queen VICTORIA - ILLUSTRATED
The Life and Times of VICTORIA
By Dorothy Marshall
Fully illustrated in Colour and Black and White.
Book Club Associates, London.
1984
Very good condition
16 pages of colour plates
100 illustrations in black and white
Hardback with illustrated dustcover (dustcover is worn and scuffed)
Book is tightly bound, no rips, tears or spotting.
25cms x 18cms
224 pages include Index and Geneologies
Post and Package included
Victoria reigned longer than any other British monarch, and while she was on the throne, Britain became the most powerful industrial nation in the world and centre of the greatest Empire ever known. Yet the Queen was not always the revered and respected symbol of her people that she became towards the end of her reign. As a girl-Queen, she brought out all the most protective and chivalrous instincts of her subjects, but during the middle years, the 'Widow of Windsor' was attacked and lampooned savagely. Throughout her life Victoria was faced with the problems of combining and reconciling the roles of devoted wife and mother with that of Queen, and this triple role had to be lived in the fierce light of national publicity. This is the dilemma which provides the vital thread through the labyrinth of her life.
In this fascinating study, Dorothy Marshall shows how the Queen grew in authority and overcame personal tragedy to become a very real power in the government of her country and her Empire. Through all trials and difficulties Victoria was sustained by a steady belief in her own judgment to discern right from wrong, a singular honesty, and a great determination.
JACKET ILLUSTRATIONS
Front: Queen Victoria by Winterhalter (By gracious permission of h.m. the Queen) Back: The Queen's visit to Brighton in 1837: sketch by I. Caldwell
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