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Victoria: A Life

“When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two, and the matriarch of Royal Europe, through the marriages of her children. To many, Queen Victoria is a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique – an aging, stiff widow, paraded as the figurehead to an all-male imperial enterprise. But in truth, Britain`s longest reigning monarch was one of the most passionate, expressive, humorous and unconventional women who ever lived, and the story of her life continues to fascinate. A. N. Wilson`s exhaustively researched and definitive biography includes a wealth of new material from previously unseen sources, to show us Queen Victoria as she`s never been seen before. It explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria`s coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage, Prince Albert`s pivotal influence, her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with John Brown, all set against the backdrop of this momentous epoch in Britain – and Europe`s – history. Victoria is a towering achievement; a masterpiece of biography by a writer at the height of his powers.”

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