Queen Victoria : daughter, wife, mother, widow by Worsley, Lucy, author instant download

Queen Victoria : daughter, wife, mother, widow by Worsley, Lucy, author instant download

421 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm, \"Victoria found a way of ruling when people were deeply uncomfortable with having a woman on the throne. Her image as a conventional daughter, wife and widow concealed the reality of a talented, instinctive politician. Her actions, if not her words, reveal that she was tearing up the rules on how to be female. But the price of this was deep personal pain. By looking in detail at twenty-four days of her life, through diaries, letters and more, we meet Queen Victoria up-close and personal. Living with her from hour to hour, we can see and celebrte the contradictions that make up British history's most recognisable woman\"--Back cover, Published in the US by St. Martin's Press, 2019, with title: Queen Victoria : twenty-four days that changed her life, Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-359) and index