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Victoria, a life, A.N. Wilson

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Victoria, a life, A.N. Wilson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 606-619) and index
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individual biography
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portraitsillustrationsgenealogical tablesplates
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Victoria
Nature of contents
bibliography
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870919770
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A.N. Wilson
Sub title
a life
Summary
Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria's coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown, all set against the backdrop of a momentous epoch in Britain's history -- and the world's
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Monarchs of the United Kingdom, 1760 to the present day -- Authors -- Zoology -- 'It is one step' -- 'White little slavey' -- 'The ignorant little child' -- 'Too hasty and passionate for me' -- I Puritani -- Hallelujah Chorus -- 'Godlike men' -- At war -- 'Scolder and scolded' -- Nerve damage -- 'Arme Frau' -- 'The Queen's grief still sobs' -- 'I could die for ye' -- 'Mein guter treuer Brown' -- A people detached from their sovereign -- 'You have it, Madam' -- 'Prostrate though devoted' -- 'Gracious confidences so frankly given' -- 'An inflammatory atmosphere ' -- 'You English' -- 'Her excellent young Munshi' -- 'What a funny little woman' -- Diamond Jubilee -- 'This England' -- 'Vale desideratissime!'
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