| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Originally published as: Becoming queen. London : Hutchinson, 2008. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
From the acclaimed author of "England's Mistress" comes a smart, gripping account of the rise to the throne and the early life of Queen Victoria, and the tragic, little-known story of Princess Charlotte, the queen who never was. |
| Contents |
PART ONE: 1796-1817 Charlotte: The Queen Who Never Was -- "The Most Distressing Feelings of My Heart" -- "I Find Him Very Fat, and Nothing as Handsome as His Portrait" -- "An Immense Girl" -- "Fleas are the Only Enemies HRH Has" -- The Mistress of Montague House -- Forming the Character of a Young Princess -- Sex, Lies, and Scandals -- Prince Regent -- The Nunnery --"Thinking that She has a Will of Her Own" -- Violent Orange Attacks --The Rising Sun --"The Soldiers Will Be Ordered Out" -- A Little Turquoise Heart -- The Black Sheep -- "Everything I Could Wish & Desire Collected in One" -- Mr. and Mrs. Coburg -- "Some Strange, Awkward Symptoms" -- Interlude 1817-20 Drunken Dukes -- "The Dregs of Their Dull Race" -- "As Plump as a Partridge" -- Alexandrina Victoria -- PART TWO: 1820-37 Little Victoria -- An Idol in Kensington Palace -- "The Nation's Hope" -- Imperial Robes -- Living in a Very Simple Manner -- "I Was Greatly Pleased" -- Educating a Princess -- Sickly Uncle King -- Charlotte the Queen? -- "The Queen Does Nothing but Embroider Flowers" -- "How Very Old" -- "When Nobody Wishes to Change and Nobody Wants to Give In" -- Victoria on Tour -- Victoria's Whims -- Crowds of Princes -- "I Cannot Expect to Live Very Long" -- "It May All Be Over at Any Moment" -- PART THREE: 1837-41 The Young Queen -- "Just the Sort of Life I Like" -- "He is of the Greatest Use to Me" -- Scandal -- A Way of Settling It -- Passing like a Dream -- "Monsters!" -- "An Everlasting Impression" -- "Children Seem to Literally Be Raining Down from Heaven" -- "What a Hard Task It Is for Us Women". |
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Childhood and youth.
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Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817.
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Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817 -- Influence.
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Princesses -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession.
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| Added Title |
Becoming queen
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| ISBN |
9780345461957 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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0345461959 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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