Queen Victoria : A Biographical Companion,9781851093557

Queen Victoria : A Biographical Companion

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781851093557
ISBN10: 1851093559
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-04-01
Publisher(s): Abc-Clio Inc
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Summary

This resource covers the life, times, and relationships of Queen Victoria, providing information about her children, her personal interests, the historic times in which she ruled, and the leaders she influenced.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
Queen Victoria: A Biographical Companion
Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, Fourth Earl (1784--1860)
1(2)
Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg-Meiningen, Princess (1792--1849)
3(3)
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841--1910)
6(5)
Albert Memorial
11(3)
Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort (1819--1861)
14(7)
Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales (1844--1925)
21(5)
Alfred Ernest Albert, Prince (1844--1900)
26(4)
Alice Maud Mary, Princess (1843--1878)
30(4)
Animals
34(5)
Anson, George Edward (1812--1849)
39(2)
Art and Artists
41(3)
Arthur William Patrick Albert, Prince (1850--1942)
44(3)
Assassination Attempts
47(4)
Balmoral Castle
51(6)
Battenberg, Henry Maurice, Prince of (1858--1896)
57(2)
Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, Princess (1857--1944)
59(3)
Bedchamber Crisis
62(2)
Bigge, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Arthur (1849--1931)
64(2)
Bismarck, Prince Otto Edward Leopold von (1815--1898)
66(5)
Boer War, 1899--1901
71(4)
Brown, John (1826--1883)
75(6)
Bruce, Lady Augusta (1821--1876)
81(2)
Buckingham Palace
83(4)
Chartism
87(3)
Christmas
90(3)
Churchill, Lady Jane (1826--1900)
93(2)
Clark, Sir James (1788--1870)
95(3)
Class
98(2)
Conroy, Sir John (1786--1854)
100(2)
Corelli, Marie (1855--1924)
102(2)
Crimean War, 1854--1856
104(7)
Dancing
111(3)
Davidson, Randall Thomas, Dean of Windsor (1848--1930)
114(3)
Derby, Edward Geoffrey Stanley, Fourteenth Earl of (1799--1869)
117(1)
Diamond Jubilee, 1897
118(4)
Dickens, Charles (1812--1870)
122(3)
Disraeli, Benjamin (1804--1881)
125(8)
Empress of India (1876)
133(3)
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771--1851)
136(2)
Eugenie Marie de Montijo, Empress of France (1826--1920)
138(7)
Feodora, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807--1872)
145(2)
Frederick William, Crown Prince of Prussia (1831--1888)
147(3)
Fresh Air
150(3)
Frogmore
153(4)
Gladstone, William Ewart (1809--1898)
157(7)
Golden Jubilee, 1887
164(5)
Gordon, General Charles George (1833--1885)
169(3)
``Grandmama of Europe''
172(4)
Great Exhibition (1851)
176(5)
Grey, General Charles (1804--1870)
181(2)
Hanover, Royal House of
183(4)
Hastings, Lady Flora (1806--1839)
187(2)
Helena Augusta Victoria, Princess (1846--1923)
189(3)
Hemophilia
192(5)
Indian Rebellion, 1857--1858
197(5)
Ireland
202(7)
Jack the Ripper
209(3)
Jenner, Sir William (1815--1898)
212(5)
Kensington Palace
217(1)
Kensington System
218(3)
Kent, Edward Augustus, Duke of (1767--1820)
221(3)
Kent, Marie Louise Victoire, Duchess of (1786--1861)
224(4)
Koh-i-Noor Diamond
228(5)
Lablache, Luigi (1794--1858)
233(1)
Landseer, Sir Edwin (1802--1873)
234(2)
Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands
236(4)
Lehzen, Baroness Louise (1784--1870)
240(3)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790--1865)
243(2)
Leopold George Duncan Albert, Duke of Albany (1853--1884)
245(3)
Louise Caroline Alberta, Princess (1848--1939)
248(4)
Lyttleton, Lady (1787--1870)
252(3)
Melbourne, William Lamb, Second Viscount (1779--1848)
255(3)
The Munshi (1863--1909)
258(3)
Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808--1873)
261(4)
Nightingale, Florence (1820--1910)
265(6)
Oliphant, Margaret (1828--1897)
271(3)
Opera
274(2)
Osborne
276(5)
Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Third Viscount (1784--1865)
281(4)
The Paranormal
285(3)
Peel, Sir Robert (1788--1850)
288(3)
Phipps, Sir Charles (1801--1866)
291(1)
Photography
292(4)
Ponsonby, General Sir Henry (1825--1895)
296(5)
Queen Victoria Memorial
301(4)
Racial and Religious Prejudice
305(3)
Reid, Sir James (1849--1923)
308(3)
Religion
311(5)
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Fifth Earl of (1847--1929)
316(2)
Royal Albert Hall
318(2)
The Royal Household
320(5)
Russell, Lord John, First Earl (1792--1878)
325(4)
Salisbury, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoigne-Cecil, Third Marquis of (1830--1903)
329(4)
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Royal House of
333(1)
Scott, Sir Walter (1771--1832)
334(3)
Sex, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
337(4)
Smoking
341(3)
Stockmar, Christian Friedrich von (1787--1863)
344(3)
Sutherland, Duchess of (1806--1868)
347(4)
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (1809--1892)
351(4)
Theater
355(4)
Victoria, Queen: Accession and Coronation of
359(4)
Victoria, Queen: As a Monarch
363(5)
Victoria, Queen: Birth of
368(2)
Victoria, Queen: Courtship and Marriage of
370(5)
Victoria, Queen: Death and Funeral of
375(5)
Victoria, Queen: Personality of
380(4)
Victoria, Queen: Physical Appearance of
384(4)
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, Princess Royal (1841--1901)
388(7)
Victoria and Albert Museum
395(2)
Victoria Cross
397(4)
``We Are Not Amused''
401(2)
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of (1769--1852)
403(4)
``The Widow at Windsor''
407(4)
William II, Emperor of Germany (1859--1941)
411(4)
William IV (1765--1837)
415(3)
Windsor Castle
418(4)
Winterhalter, Franz Xaver (1805--1873)
422(3)
Women's Rights
425(8)
Chronology 433(6)
Bibliography 439(14)
Index 453(12)
About the Author 465

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