Victoria and Albert - Softcover

Hough, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312303858 ISBN 13: 9780312303853

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 1996

Synopsis

This fascinating biography, full of new and original material from a noted British historian, chronicles the life of Queen Victoria and the passionate love she shared with the German Prince Albert. Victoria's reign embraced the industrialization of Britain, the creation of numerous inventions, and advances in transport undreamed of when she had come to the throne as a girl of barely eighteen years. Above all, the morality and style of living were transformed. Gone were the days of the raffish, improvident Hanoverian kings whose behavior tended to be emulated by the people. For twenty-one years of Victoria's reign she was married to a German prince who was as determined "to be good" as the queen. Prince Albert was as responsible for the nation's renaissance as the monarch herself. He might have been the butt of the aristocracy, but that in no way diminished his influence. Victoria and Albert had nine children and became the archetype of the nineteenth-century family. But the outside world knew nothing of the passionate and turbulent relationship between the queen and her prince consort. Thunderous rows grew from the most trivial origins and threatened to tear the two apart, but always the sun of reconciliation and love finally broke through the storms.

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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. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0312303858
• ISBN 13: 9780312303853
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252