Victoria and Albert - Hardcover

Hough, Richard Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312148224 ISBN 13: 9780312148225

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1996

Synopsis

A biography of the sixty-four-year reign of Queen Victoria and her twenty-one-year marriage to Prince Albert examines how the queen and the marriage changed and influenced British society and the world.

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Review:

"A delightful and engaging joint biography of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert, from prolific popular historian and British royals watcher Hough (Born Royal: The Lives and Loves of the Young Windsors, 1988, etc.)... a fitting corrective to Victoria's often misunderstood popular image. " - Publishers Weekly

Synopsis:

Victoria and Albert's courting and subsequent marriage makes one of the greatest love stories. Those who witnessed the sudden reversal of the girl Queen's decision to delay marriage for some years, and to demand the hand of Prince Albert without delay, were amazed at the heat of Victoria's passion, which is confirmed by surviving letters and journal entries. Although they were only together for little more than 20 years, Victoria's attitudes, opinions and conduct were all conditioned by Albert long after his death. This book provides an assessment of a marriage which shaped Britain and the Commonwealth throughout the Victorian period and on into the 20th Century.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0312148224
• ISBN 13: 9780312148225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224