LEADER 02184nam 22003853 450 001 9910151709903321 005 20230808200328.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000948649 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6099346 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6099346 035 $a(OCoLC)1156222772 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000948649 100 $a20210901d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aVictoria $eAn Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire 210 1$aWestminster :$cRandom House Publishing Group,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource (693 pages) 311 $a1-4000-6988-2 311 $a0-679-60505-3 327 $aThe race to the crown -- The birth of "pocket Hercules" -- The lonely, naughty princess -- An impossible, strange madness -- "Awful scenes in the house" -- Becoming queen: "I shall not fail" -- The coronation: "a dream out of the Arabian nights" -- Learning to rule -- A scandal in the palace -- Virago in love -- The bride: "I never, never spent such an evening" -- Only the husband, not the master -- The palace intruders -- King to all intents: "like a vulture into his prey" -- Perfect, awful, spotless prosperity -- Annus Mirabilis: the revolutionary year -- What Albert did: the Great Exhibition of 1851 -- The Crimea: 'This unsatisfactory war' -- London boils over -- Royal parents: "everything passes so quickly!" -- "Who will call me Victoria now?" -- "The whole house seems like Pompeii." -- Resuscitating the widow at Windsor -- The queen's stallion -- The faery queen awakes -- Enough to kill any man -- Two ironclads colliding: the queen and Mr. Gladstone -- The monarch in a bonnet -- The "poor munshi" -- The diamond empire -- The end of the Victorian Age - "The streets were indeed a strange sight." 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yVictoria, 1837-1901 676 $a941.081092 B 700 $aBaird$b Julia$01247440 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910151709903321 996 $aVictoria$92891833 997 $aUNINA