- Publisher: History Press
- Year: 2016
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 197x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.3kg
- ISBN: 9780750978576
- Product code: 531192
The Young Victoria
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This compelling portrait of Victoria by the popular historian and biographer Alison Plowden (1931-2007) begins by describing the circumstances and the 'none too fragrant' reputations of the English royal family into which the future queen was born. Drawing extensively on Victoria's own diaries, the book traces her early life, upbringing and education, from her short 'private childhood', through the 'momentous Tuesday' on which she became Queen, to her marriage to Prince Albert in 1840. First published in 1981.
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'I delight in this work', wrote the young Victoria shortly after she became Queen. She was an engaging creature, high-spirited and eager to be 'amused'. But her early years were difficult ones. Fatherless from the age of eight months, she was brought up at Kensington Palace in an atmosphere thick with family feuds, backbiting and jealousy - the focus of conflicting ambitions. Though her uncle William IV was anxious to bring her into Court circles, her German mother and the calculating John Conroy were equally determined that she should remain under their control. The 'little Queen', who succeeded to the throne a month after her eighteenth birthday, was greeted by a unanimous chorus of praise and admiration. She embraced the independence of her position and often forced her will on those around her. She met and married Albert, marking the end of her childhood and the beginning of a glorious legend. Alison Plowden was one of the most successful and popular historians of British history. Her bestselling books include: The House of Tudor, The Young Elizabeth, Lady Jane Grey and Danger to Elizabeth, all of which are available from The History Press.
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<p>This compelling portrait of Victoria by the popular historian and biographer Alison Plowden (1931-2007) begins by describing the circumstances and the 'none too fragrant' reputations of the English royal family into which the future queen was born. Drawing extensively on Victoria's own diaries, the book traces her early life, upbringing and education, from her short 'private childhood', through the 'momentous Tuesday' on which she became Queen, to her marriage to Prince Albert in 1840. First published in 1981.</p>
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