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Serving Victoria : life in the royal household  Cover Image Book Book

Serving Victoria : life in the royal household / Kate Hubbard.

Hubbard, Kate. (Author).

Summary:

Serving Victoria follows the lives of six members of her household, from the governess to the royal children, from her maid of honor to her chaplain and her personal physician -- Front jacket flap.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062269911 (hc) :
  • Physical Description: xii, 417 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, c2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-396) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Pt. 1: 'A queen is a very happy woman'. Windsor 1838 ; A scandal and a crisis ; 'Love rules the court' ; Sarah Lyttelton: superintendent of the nursery ; Charlotte Canning: lady of the bedchamber ; 'Gone afloat' ; Osborne ; In the highlands ; 'The object of education' ; Departures ; Mary Ponsonby: maid-of-honour ; Glimpses of abroad ; Three deaths -- Pt. 2: 'My heart is utterly and completely broken'. 'Someone to lean on' ; Henry Ponsonby: private secretary ; Balmorality ; Eastern Questions and domestic affairs ; James Reid: resident medical attendant ; Randall Davidson: dean of Windsor ; Spring holidays ; Household bothers ; The year of the Munshi ; Accommodating Bipps ; 'A last look' ; Postscript: After Victoria.
Subject: Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 > Employees.
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
Courts and courtiers > History > 19th century > Biography.
Household employees > Great Britain > History > 19th century > Biography.
Queens > Great Britain > Biography.
Royal households > Great Britain > History > 19th century > Biography.

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