Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



Victoria : the queen : an intimate biography of the woman who ruled an empire  Cover Image Book Book

Victoria : the queen : an intimate biography of the woman who ruled an empire / Julia Baird.

Summary:

This page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen - a Victoria for our times. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning new portrait is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781400069880 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xlvii, 696 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
Queens > Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Stroud Branch 941.081092 Victo-B 31681010036465 NONFIC Available -

Julia Baird is a journalist, broadcaster, and author based in Sydney, Australia. She is a columnist for the International New York Times and host of The Drum on ABC TV (Australia). Her writing has appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Monthly, and Harper’s Bazaar. She has a Ph.D. in history from the University of Sydney. In 2005, Baird was a fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University.


Additional Resources