![]() ![]() She depicts the gradual emergence of the queen's renowned qualities, together with some surprising traits, presenting her in a fresh, affectionate and thoroughly human light. She shows the queen tormented by an unhappy childhood tantalized by an all-too-brief happy marriage deeply shocked at the Prince Consort's death. ![]() Using unrestricted access to material from the Royal Archives, including previously unpublished passages Queen Victoria's celebrated Journals, Elizabeth Longford's classic account remains the definitive biography of this extraordinary woman. Queen Victoria, a woman of diminutive stature and superabundant temperament, gave her name to something more than an age. Elizabeth Longford's first work on Queen Victoria, Victoria RI, won the James Tait Black memorial prize. Her other titles include Wellington, Byron and the Queen Mother. This classic and concise biography of Britain?s longest-reigning monarch was written by Lady Elizabeth Longford who was a renowned biographer (she died in 2002). Coaxed back into the public eye by Disraeli, she resumed her political and constitutional interest with vigour until her death in 1901. This perceived dereliction of public duty, coupled with rumours about her relationship with her Scottish ghillie, John Brown, led to increasing criticism. When Albert died in 1861 Victoria?s overwhelming grief caused her to almost withdraw from public life for several years. Their descendants were to succeed to most of the thrones of Europe. ![]() In 1840 she married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and for the next twenty years they were inseparable. Victoria ascended the throne in 1837 on the death of her uncle William IV. In this concise biography, Lady Longford, long recognised as an authority on the subject, gives a full account of Queen Victoria?s life and provides her unique assessment of the monarch. ![]() Shortly after she died in 1901, the Dominion Government made her birth date, May 24th a statutory holiday, although it was already celebrated 1since 1845.Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch in British history. There are numerous places in the Commonwealth countries named after her, one being Regina, Saskatchewan. In 1867, Victoria selected Ottawa as capital of the Dominion of Canada, which she had already selected ten years before when Canada was known as the Province of Canada. She became known as “Mother of the British Empire” and is known in Treaties with First Nations of Canada as “Great Mother.” While she did not travel to Canada, she kept abreast of political developments and favored Confederation. During her reign, while the monarch had no political power, she showed benevolent political influence in some domestic reform such as raising the minimum working age to reduce the deplorable child labour practices in England. She wore a white dress and she seems to be credited with popularizing the fashion of white wedding dresses - still in vogue today. She married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1840. Upon the death of William IV on June 20, 1837, Victoria at 18 years of age became queen. Prince Philip also descends back to Queen Victoria through his mother (sister of Lord Mountbatten), grandmother and great-grandmother. Edward V11’s wife Queen Alexandra was related to King Christian 1X of Denmark. Queen Elizabeth II is a direct descendant from Queen Victoria and traces her lineage through her father King George VI, grandfather King George V, great grandfather Edward V11 and great-great grand-mother Queen Victoria. ![]()
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