Book
Queen Victoria : twenty-four days that changed her life / Lucy Worsley.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250201423 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 421 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), genealogical table ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2018/. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 941.081092 Victo-W | 31681010133288 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The BBC historian presenter and best-selling author of Courtiers explores the life and myriad roles of Queen Victoria as they reflected her defiance of gender conventions and defining position in a time of extraordinary change and political resistance. - Baker & Taylor
Recreates twenty-four of the most important days in Queen Victoria's life to explore her myriad roles as they reflected her defiance of gender conventions and defining position in a time of extraordinary change and political resistance. - McMillan Palgrave
The story of the queen who defied convention and defined an era
A passionate princess, an astute and clever queen, and a cunning widow, Victoria played many roles throughout her life. In Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life, Lucy Worsley introduces her as a woman leading a truly extraordinary life in a unique time period. Queen Victoria simultaneously managed to define a socially conservative vision of Victorian womanhood, while also defying its conventions. Beneath her exterior image of traditional daughter, wife, and widow, she was a strong-willed and masterful politician.
Drawing from the vast collection of Victoriaâs correspondence and the rich documentation of her life, Worsley recreates twenty-four of the most important days in Victoria's life. Each day gives a glimpse into the identity of this powerful, difficult queen and the contradictions that defined her. Queen Victoria is an intimate introduction to one of Britainâs most iconic rulers as a wife and widow, mother and matriarch, and above all, a woman of her time.
