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Book

Victoria : portrait of a queen

Call Number

  • 921 V645RE TEEN (CEN, OSH, WSQ)

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Publication Information

Boston : Clarion Books ; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017]

Physical Description

246 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm

Audience

Ages 12 and up.

Summary

"A biography for teens on Queen Victoria (1819-1901). Her long reign was filled with drama, death, intrigue, and passion, and took place during a time of great transformation, an era that bears the imprint of her personality and values as well as that of her name--the Victorian period."--Provided by publisher.

Contents

  • Prologue. Long live the Queen!
  • England's hope
  • Reginamania
  • Growing pains
  • "Too happy!"
  • Prince versus Queen
  • Family life
  • The modern world
  • "Oh, this is death"
  • Where is Queen Victoria?
  • A tale of two prime ministers
  • "The Queen is enough to kill anyone"
  • The last procession
  • Great Britain's limited monarchy
  • The kings and queens of England and Great Britain
  • Queen Victoria's family tree.

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