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Victoria the Queen : an intimate biography of the woman who ruled an empire / Julia Baird.

Victoria the Queen : an intimate biography of the woman...

Victoria the Queen : an intimate biography of the woman who ruled an empire / Julia Baird.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV6wBGQXM

Victoria the Queen : an intimate biography of the woman who ruled an empire / Julia Baird.

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Full title

Victoria the Queen : an intimate biography of the woman who ruled an empire / Julia Baird.

Publisher

Sydney, NSW : HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.

Sydney, NSW HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited, 2016.

Date

2016.

Call Numbers

H 2016/3013 , G 2017/4534

Record Identifier

74VKV6wBGQXM

MMS ID

991024019315902626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xlvii, 696 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm.

Content type

text

still image

cartographic image

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

The race to the crown -- The birth of "pocket Hercules" -- The lonely, naughty princess -- An impossible, strange madness -- "Awful scenes in the house" -- Becoming queen: "I shall not fail" -- The coronation: "a dream out of the Arabian nights" -- Learning to rule -- A scandal in the palace -- Vira...

Publication information

Publisher

Sydney, NSW : HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.

Sydney, NSW HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited, 2016.

Place of Publication

New South Wales

Date Published

2016.

2016.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

The extraordinary story of the world's most influential, intriguing and surprising ruler, Queen Victoria. When Alexandrina Victoria was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 20 June 1837, she was 18 years old and barely five feet tall. Her subjects were fascinated and intrigued; some felt sorry for her. Writer Thomas C...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Victoria the Queen : an intimate biography of the woman who ruled an empire / Julia Baird.

Cover title

Victoria the Queen : an intimate biography of the woman who changed the world.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mitchell Library copy at H 2016/3013 :Submission for Premier's History Award 2017

Mitchell copy book jacket

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

H 2016/3013 , G 2017/4534

Record Identifier

74VKV6wBGQXM

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV6wBGQXM

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9780732295691

DDC

941.081092

MMS ID

991024019315902626

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