Victoria The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire

Julia Baird

eBook - 2016

The true story for fans of the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria, this page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen—a Victoria for our times. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning portrait is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYTHE NEW YORK TIMES • ESQUIRE • THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY“Victoria the Queen, Julia Baird’s exquisitely wrought and meticulously researched biography, brushes the dusty myth off this extraordinary monarch.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editor’s Choice) When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would thr...eaten many of Europe’s monarchies in the coming decades. In Britain, a generation of royals had indulged their whims at the... more