Queen Victoria in Her Letters and Journals - Softcover

Hibbert, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750923490 ISBN 13: 9780750923491

Publisher: Sutton Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

This revealing selection from the Queen's papers provides essential clues to her character, tracing her development from shy princess to the formidable and uncompromising grande dame of Europe. How did she feel on hearing that she had become queen? How close was she to her eldest grandchild, who became Kaiser Wilhelm II? Why was she so reluctant to yield the crown to her son and heir, the future King Edward VII? What did she really think of Gladstone and Disraeli? These questions and many more are answered clearly and candidly in the Queen's own words. Victoria's passionate adoration of Prince Albert is evident throughout her journals, and later extracts give a touching insight into her feelings of loneliness and susceptibility after his death. Illustrated with some of the Queen's own drawings, this book presents an absorbing account of one of the most remarkable personalities of the nineteenth century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sutton Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0750923490
• ISBN 13: 9780750923491
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384