Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

Victoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress (Penguin Monarchs)

Jane Ridley
4.06/5 (126 ratings)
Read Now Download Now
Queen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history, in a time of intense industrial, cultural, political, scientific and military change within the United Kingdom and great imperial expansion outside of it (she was made Empress of India in 1876).

Overturning the established picture of the dour old lady, this is a fresh and engaging portrait from one of our most talented royal biographers. Jane Ridley is Professor of Modern History at Buckingham University, where she teaches a course on biography. Her previous books include The Young Disraeli; a study of Edwin Lutyens, The Architect and his Wife, which won the 2003 Duff Cooper Prize; and the best-selling Bertie: A Life of Edward VII. A Fellow of the Royal Society for Literature, Ridley writes for the Spectator and other newspapers, and has appeared on radio and several television documentaries. She lives in London and Scotland.

Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format
Format:
Pages:
144 pages
Publication:
2015
Publisher:
Allen Lane
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0141977183
ISBN13:
9780141977188
kindle Asin:
B00RUSH5XU

Victoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress (Penguin Monarchs)

Jane Ridley
4.06/5 (126 ratings)
Read Download
Queen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history, in a time of intense industrial, cultural, political, scientific and military change within the United Kingdom and great imperial expansion outside of it (she was made Empress of India in 1876).

Overturning the established picture of the dour old lady, this is a fresh and engaging portrait from one of our most talented royal biographers. Jane Ridley is Professor of Modern History at Buckingham University, where she teaches a course on biography. Her previous books include The Young Disraeli; a study of Edwin Lutyens, The Architect and his Wife, which won the 2003 Duff Cooper Prize; and the best-selling Bertie: A Life of Edward VII. A Fellow of the Royal Society for Literature, Ridley writes for the Spectator and other newspapers, and has appeared on radio and several television documentaries. She lives in London and Scotland.

Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format
Format:
Pages:
144 pages
Publication:
2015
Publisher:
Allen Lane
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0141977183
ISBN13:
9780141977188
kindle Asin:
B00RUSH5XU

More Books

Edward VIII: The Uncrowned King

Piers Brendon

Edward VII: The Cosmopolitan King (Penguin Monarchs)

Richard Davenport-Hines

George V: The Unexpected King

David Cannadine

George VI: The Dutiful King

Philip Ziegler

Elizabeth I: A Study in Insecurity

Helen Castor

Edward IV: The Summer King

A.J. Pollard

William IV: A King at Sea (Penguin Monarchs)

R.J.B. Knight

George III: Majesty and Madness

Jeremy Black

George I: The Lucky King

Timothy C.W. Blanning

Elizabeth II: The Steadfast

Douglas Hurd

William I: England's Conqueror

Marc Morris

Charles II: The Star King

Clare Jackson