Queen Victoria: A Personal History. Christopher Hibbert

      

      Queen Victoria

       A Personal History

      Christopher Hibbert

      

       For Amy, Lily and Rose with love

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

       Dedication

ILLUSTRATIONS

AUTHOR’S NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

VICTORIA’S FAMILY TREE

QUEEN VICTORIA’S PRIME MINISTERS

PART ONE 1819–1861

1 THE FAMILY

2 THE PARENTS

3 THE CHILD

4 CONROY

5 PROGRESSES

6 UNCLES

7 THE YOUNG QUEEN

8 MELBOURNE

9 CORONATION

10 THE HASTINGS AFFAIR

11 ‘A PLEASANT LIFE’

12 ‘A HEADSTRONG GIRL’

13 GERMAN COUSINS

14 PRINCE ALBERT

15 THE BRIDEGROOM

16 HONEYMOON

17 ROBERT PEEL

       18 THE PRINCE AND THE HOUSEHOLD

       19 ROYAL QUARRELS

       20 OSBORNE

       21 TRAVELLING

       22 BALMORAL

       23 THE PRINCE OF WALES

       24 PALMERSTON

       25 CHARTISTS

       26 ‘PAM IS OUT’

       27 THE GREAT EXHIBITION

       28 ‘SCENES’

       29 CRIMEAN WAR

       30 NAPOLEON III

       31 THE PRINCESS ROYAL

       32 INDIAN MUTINY

       33 THE GERMAN GRANDSON

       34 DEATH OF THE DUCHESS

       35 THE DISAPPOINTING HEIR

       36 DEATH OF THE PRINCE

       PART TWO 1861–1901

       37 THE GRIEVING WIDOW

       38 SEANCES AND SERVICES

       39 PRINCESS ALEXANDRA

       40 THE RECLUSE

       41 DISRAELI

       42 JOHN BROWN

       43 ‘THE ROYALTY QUESTION’

       44 ‘THE PRINCELY PAUPER’

       45 TYPHOID FEVER

       46 MAIDS-OF-HONOUR

       47 SECRETARIES AND MINISTERS

       48 REGINA ET IMPERATRIX

       49 ‘THE HALF-MAD FIREBRAND’

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