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The Young Victoria Classic Histories Series
Alison Plowden
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'I delight in this work', wrote the young Victoria shortly after she became Queen. She was an engaging creature, high-spirited and eager to be 'amused'. But her early years were difficult ones. Fatherless from the age of eight months, she was brought up at Kensington Palace in an atmosphere thick with family feuds, backbiting and jealousy - the focus of conflicting ambitions. Though her uncle William IV was anxious to bring her into Court circles, her German mother and the calculating John Conroy were equally determined that she should remain under their control. The 'little Queen', ... Read more
'I delight in this work', wrote the young Victoria shortly after she became Queen. She was an engaging creature, high-spirited and eager to be 'amused'. But her early years were difficult ones. Fatherless from the age of eight months, she was brought up at Kensington Palace in an atmosphere thick with family feuds, backbiting and jealousy - the focus of conflicting ambitions. Though her uncle William IV was anxious to bring her into Court circles, her German mother and the calculating John Conroy were equally determined that she should remain under their control. The 'little Queen', ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Classic Histories Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750978576
SKU
V9780750978576
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Ref
99-34
About Alison Plowden
Alison Plowden was one of the most popular and successful historians of British history. Her books include Two Queens in One Isle, The Young Elizabeth, and Tudor Women.
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