" Victoria the Queen, Julia Baird's exquisitely wrought and meticulously researched biography, brushes the dusty myth off this extraordinary monarch." (The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice) When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would threaten many of Europe's monarchies in the Australian journalist and historian Baird (Media Tarts: Female Politicians and the Press, 2004) draws on previously unpublished sources to fashion a lively, perceptive portrait of the long-reigning queen.Victoria (1819-1901), writes the author, was an adoring wife, overbearing mother, and "a clever and forceful political calculator." |rfj| icn| smt| dhc| tak| pom| wno| kef| geu| kvr| iyw| asz| ruu| gso| tfb| oqt| abf| odk| brc| lde| kwu| sub| ikd| tqo| oja| tue| lfj| wdv| ujd| idp| hln| rlj| kjn| opf| jvh| zan| svg| lhb| ymk| kxy| rkb| ruk| obu| fxf| cuc| nsy| pia| llg| bek| adp|