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Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria

Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria

by Jean Plaidy

In this unforgettable novel of Queen Victoria, Jean Plaidy re-creates a remarkable life filled with romance, triumph, and tragedy. At birth, Princess Victoria was fourth in line for the throne of England, the often-overlooked daughter of a prince who died shortly after her birth. She and her mother lived in genteel poverty for most of her childhood, exiled from court because of her mother’s dislike of her uncles,... (more)

HER LITTLE MAJESTY: The Life of Queen Victoria

HER LITTLE MAJESTY: The Life of Queen Victoria

by Carolly Erickson

A multilayered portrait of Queen Victoria describes the life and reign of a monarch who ruled for sixty-four years, offering a very human portrait of a woman who lost her beloved husband and went on to carry out her duties as mother, grandmother, and queen of England. 25,000 first printing.

Queen Victoria: A Personal History

by Christopher Hibbert

First time in paperback: An intimate biography of a larger-than-life persona-and a radical reassessment of a monarch we thought we knew. In this surprising new life of Victoria, Christopher Hibbert, master of the telling anecdote and peerless biographer of England's great leaders, paints a fresh and intimate portrait of the woman who shaped a century. His Victoria is not only the formidable, demanding,... (more)

A Rogue of My Own

by Johanna Lindsey

#1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey displays her dazzling "mastery of historical romance" ( Entertainment Weekly ), with a captivating novel about an innocent young lady whose first brush with royal court intrigue lands her at the altar alongside one of London's most notorious rogues. How does an innocent lady find herself forced to wed a royal spy who seduced her -- by mistake? For Lady... (more)

A Flaw in the Blood

by Stephanie Barron

The acclaimed author of the bestselling Jane Austen mysteries brings rich historical immediacy to an enthralling new suspense novel centered around Queen Victoria’s troubled court…and a secret so dangerous, it could topple thrones. Windsor Castle, 1861. For the second time in over twenty years, Irish barrister Patrick Fitzgerald has been summoned by the Queen. The first time, he’d been a zealous young legal... (more)

In Triumph's Wake: Royal Mothers, Tragic Daughters, and the Price They Paid for Glory

In Triumph's Wake: Royal Mothers, Tragic Daughters, and the Price They Paid for Glory

by Julia P. Gelardi

The powerful and moving story of three royal mothers whose quest for power led to the downfall of their daughters. Queen Isabella of Castile, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and Queen Victoria of England were respected and admired rulers whose legacies continue to be felt today. Their daughters—Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Queen Marie Antoinette of France; and Vicky, the Empress Frederick of... (more)

Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria

Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria

by Julia P. Gelardi

Julia Gelardi’s Born to Rule is the powerful epic story of five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria, who reigned over the end of their empires, the destruction of their families, and the tumult of the twentieth century Here are the stories of Alexandra, whose faith in Rasputin and tragic end have become the stuff of legend; Marie, the flamboyant and eccentric queen who battled her way through a life of... (more)

The Kings and Queens of England

by Ian Crofton

From the reign of Alfred the Great - the first king of Wessex to call himself 'king of England' - in the 9th century, to the shock of Norman invasion in the 11th, and from the brutal vicissitudes of late medieval kingship to the comfortable ceremonial of modern-day constitutional monarchy, the story of England's kings and queens is to a large degree that of England herself. "Kings and Queens of England" offers... (more)

by Christopher Hibbert

Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837 and died in 1901 at the age of nearly eighty-two. For more than 60 years she presided over 20 governments, and a country undergoing profound economic, social and political change. In "Queen Victoria: A Personal History" we see Victoria develop from the young, inexperienced Queen in thrall to the charming, cynical and devoted Melbourne, to the intimidating matriarch who so... (more)

Queen Victoria

by Elizabeth Longford

Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch in British history. 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. Victoria ascended the throne in 1837 on the death of her uncle William IV. In 1840 she married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and for the... (more)

Victoria's Daughters

by Jerrold M. Packard

Five women who shared one of the most extraordinary and privileged sisterhoods of all time... Vicky, Alice, Helena, Louise, and Beatrice were historically unique sisters, born to a sovereign who ruled over a quarter of the earth's people and who gave her name to an era: Queen Victoria. Two of these princesses would themselves produce children of immense consequence. All five would face the social restrictions and... (more)

Victoria: An intimate biography

by Stanley Weintraub

A major biography of Queen Victoria--the first complete life of her in over twenty years--and the first to be written by an American.

The Autobiography of Maud Gonne: A Servant of the Queen

The Autobiography of Maud Gonne: A Servant of the Queen

by Maud Gonne

Maud Gonne is part of Irish history: her founding of the Daughters of Ireland, in 1900, was the key that effectively opened the door of twentieth-century politics to Irish women. Still remembered in Ireland for the inspiring public speeches she made on behalf of the suffering—those evicted from their homes in western Ireland, the Treason-Felony prisoners on the Isle of Wright, indeed all those whom she saw as... (more)

The Mountbattens: The illustrious family who, through birth and marriage, from Queen Victoria and the last of the Tsars to Queen Elizabeth II, enriched Europe's royal housesRichard Hough

The Mountbattens: The illustrious family who, through birth and marriage, from Queen Victoria and the last of the Tsars to Queen Elizabeth II, enriched Europe's royal houses

by Richard Hough, Richard Alexander Hough

Advice to my grand-daughter: Letters from Queen Victoria to Princess Victoria of Hesse

Advice to my grand-daughter: Letters from Queen Victoria to Princess Victoria of Hesse

by Victoria

Great Tales from English History: Book 2

Great Tales from English History

Joan of Arc; The Princes in the Tower; Bloody Mary; Oliver Cromwell; Sir Isaac Newton

by Robert Lacey

From ancient times to the present day, the story of England has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage, and passion-a rich and vibrant narrative of heroes and villains, kings and rebels, artists and highwaymen, bishops and scientists.Now, in Great Tales from English History, Robert Lacey captures some of the most pivotal moments: the stories and extraordinary characters that helped shape a nation. This first... (more)

Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia, England, 1829 (The Royal Diaries)

The Royal Diaries

Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia, England, 1829 (The Royal Diaries)

by Anna Kirwan

In 1829, nine-year-old Victoria begins a journal chronicling her life as an English princess. Includes information on the reign, marriage, and family life of Queen Victoria and English civilization during that period.

Farewell in Splendor: The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age

Farewell in Splendor: The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age

by Jerrold M. Packard

An analysis of the British Empire during the time that immediately followed the death of its longest reigning monarch offers insight into a nation on the brink of change and the political and international climate that surrounded it. 25,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Queen Victoria

by Cecil Blanche Fitz Gerald Woodham Smith

Queen Victoria's DescendantsMarlene A. Eilers

Queen Victoria's Descendants

by Marlene A. Eilers

Through her marriage into the German royal house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and through the marriages of her nine children and her many grandchildren, Queen Victoria guided and manipulated the destiny of European royalty. Today the British Royal Family is connected by blood and marriage to the royal houses of Spain, Germany, Greece, Russia, Romania, Yugoslavia, Sweden, and Denmark. This is the first book to... (more)

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by Jean Plaidy

by Carolly Erickson

by Christopher Hibbert

by Johanna Lindsey

by Stephanie Barron

by Julia P. Gelardi

by Julia P. Gelardi

by Ian Crofton

by Christopher Hibbert

by Elizabeth Longford

by Jerrold M. Packard

by Stanley Weintraub

by Maud Gonne

by Richard Hough, Richard Alexander Hough

by Victoria

Joan of Arc; The Princes in the Tower; Bloody Mary; Oliver Cromwell; Sir Isaac Newton

by Robert Lacey

by Anna Kirwan

by Jerrold M. Packard

by Cecil Blanche Fitz Gerald Woodham Smith

by Marlene A. Eilers