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Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria: All Volumes

by Sarah Tytler Author

(From Amazon): England has had no shortage of influential monarchs, but among its queens only Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria had the age they lived in literally named after them. Both the Elizabethan era and Victorian era have come to symbolize a golden age of peace and progress in every aspect of British life, with the long reigns of both queens also providing stability. Of course, there was a critical difference between those two queens: Elizabeth I still wielded great power in the 16th century, whereas Victoria was a constitutional monarch who had to deal with more limited power over the workings of the British government. But in a way, that made Victoria even more unique, as she still proved able to mold the cultural identity of a nearly 65 year long epoch. Furthermore, Victoria established some of the ceremonial customs of the British monarch and became both the forerunner and role model of subsequent queens, a legacy that continues to endure with her great-great granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. Though Britain’s longest reigning monarch is now mostly associated with conservative values (particularly strict morality and traditional social and gender roles), Victoria and her era oversaw the cultural and technological progress of Britain and the West in general, architectural revivals, and the expansion of imperialism. While some of these developments have been perceived negatively over a century later, Britons of the 19th century and early 20th century often viewed the Victorian Era as the height of their nation’s power and influence.

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Resource Type
Book
ISBN
978-1508570639
Print Status
In Print
Chapters
60
Pages
312
Suggested Grades
10th - 12th
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Copyright
2015

Chapters

  • 1 VOL. I. Sixty-Three Years Since
  • 2 Childhood.
  • 3 Youth.
  • 4 The Accession.
  • 5 The Proroguing Of Parliament, The Visit To Guildhall; And The Coronation.
  • 6 The Maiden Queen
  • 7 The Betrothal
  • 8 The Marriage
  • 9 A Royal Pair
  • 10 Royal Occupations.—An Attempt On The Queen's Life.
  • 11 The First Christening.—The Season Of 1841
  • 12 Birth Of The Prince Of Wales.The Afghan Disasters.Visit Of The King Of Prussia.The Queen's Plantagenet Ball
  • 13 Fresh Attempts Against The Queen's Life.Mendelssohn.Death Of The Duc D'Orleans.
  • 14 The Queen's First Visit To Scotland.
  • 15 A Marriage, A Death, And A Birth In The Royal Family.—A Palace Home.
  • 16 The Condemnation Of The English Duel.—Another Marriage.—The Queen's Visit To Chateau D'Eu
  • 17 The Queen's Trip To Ostend.—Visits To Drayton, Chatsworth, And Belvoir.
  • 18 Allies From Afar.—Death And Absence.—Birthday Greetings
  • 19 Royal Visitors.—The Birth Of Prince Alfred.—A Northern Retreat
  • 20 Louis Philippe's Visit.—The Opening Of The Royal Exchange
  • 21 VOL. II.. ROYAL PROGRESSES TO BURGHLEY, STOWE, AND STRATHFIELDSAYE
  • 22 THE QUEEN'S POWDER BALL
  • 23 THE QUEEN'S FIRST VISIT TO GERMANY
  • 24 RAILWAY SPECULATION—FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP—SIR ROBERT PEEL'S RESOLUTIONS—BIRTH OF PRINCESS HELENA—VISIT OF IBRAHIM PASHA
  • 25 AUTUMN YACHTING EXCURSIONS—THE SPANISH MARRIAGES—WINTER VISITS
  • 26 INSTALLATION OF PRINCE ALBERT AS CHANCELLOR OF CAMBRIDGE
  • 27 THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND AND STAY AT ARDVERIKIE
  • 28 THE FRENCH FUGITIVES—THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER
  • 29 THE QUEEN'S FIRST STAY AT BALMORAL
  • 30 PUBLIC AND DOMESTIC INTERESTS—FRESH ATTACK UPON THE QUEEN
  • 31 THE QUEEN'S FIRST VISIT TO IRELAND
  • 32 SCOTLAND AGAIN—GLASGOW AND DEE-SIDE
  • 33 THE OPENING OF THE NEW COAL EXCHANGE—THE DEATH OF QUEEN ADELAIDE
  • 34 PREPARATION FOR THE EXHIBITION—BIRTH OF THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT
  • 35 THE DEATHS OF SIR ROBERT PEEL, THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, AND LOUIS PHILIPPE
  • 36 THE QUEEN'S FIRST STAY AT HOLYROOD—THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS
  • 37 THE PAPAL BULL—THE GREAT EXHIBITION
  • 38 THE QUEEN'S ACCOUNT OF THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION
  • 39 THE QUEEN'S "RESTORATION BALL" AND THE "GUILDHALL BALL."
  • 40 ROYAL VISITS TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER—CLOSE OF THE EXHIBITION
  • 41 DISASTERS—YACHTING TRIPS—THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
  • 42 THE IRON DUKE'S FUNERAL
  • 43 THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON III. AND THE EMPRESS EUGÉNIE—FIRE AT WINDSOR
  • 44 THE EASTERN QUESTION—APPROACHING WAR—GROSS INJUSTICE TO PRINCE ALBERT
  • 45 THE BATTLE OF INKERMANN—FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE—THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS
  • 46 INSPECTION OF THE HOSPITAL AT CHATHAM—DISTRIBUTION OF WAR MEDALS
  • 47 DEATH OF LORD RAGLAN—VISIT OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT TO THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH—FALL OF SEBASTOPOL
  • 48 BETROTHAL OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL—QUEEN'S SPEECH TO THE SOLDIERS RETURNED FROM THE CRIMEA—BALMORA
  • 49 DEATH OF THE PRINCE OF LEININGEN—BIRTH OF PRINCESS BEATRICE— BESTOWAL OF THE VICTORIA CROSS—INDIAN MUTINY
  • 50 THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL
  • 51 DEATH OF THE DUCHESSE D'ORLEANS—THE PRINCE CONSORT'S VISIT TO GERMANY—THE QUEEN AND PRINCE CONSORT'S VISIT TO PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM AT BABELSBERG
  • 52 BIRTH OF PRINCE WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA—DEATH OP PRINCE HOHENLOHE
  • 53 DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT
  • 54 LAST VISIT TO IRELAND—MEETING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK—DEATH OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL AND HIS BROTHERS
  • 55 THE DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT
  • 56 THE WITHDRAWAL TO OSBORNE—THE PRINCE CONSORT'S FUNERAL
  • 57 THE FIRST MONTHS OF WIDOWHOOD—MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, ETC., ETC
  • 58 DEATHS OF LORD PALMERSTON AND THE KING OF THE BELGIANS
  • 59 STAY AT HOLYROOD—DEATHS OF PRINCESS HOHENLOHE AND OF PRINCE FREDERICK OF DARMSTADT—MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
  • 60 BIRTH OF THE FIRST GREAT-GRANDCHILD—MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF ALBANY—CONCLUSION

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