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Disraeli

Author : Jeff Rozelaar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781794466159
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book Disraeli written by Jeff Rozelaar and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-20 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this one act, one actor, play, "Disraeli" tells his life story - 1804-1881. He commences with a brief background, about the Jews in England and his grandfather's arrival in the mid-18th Century. The latter's good fortune enabled his father to pursue a literary career. Benjamin was therefore born into a wealthy and cultured home.The play covers his unfortunate experiences at various schools, which culminated in his being largely self-taught. A brief and not relished life, as a solicitor's clerk started and finished his interest in the Law. He then embarked on the life of a "Young Gentleman" involving "The Grand Tour". On his return home he made his name as a "Dandy" and a novelist. He tells of his virtual gate-crashing of London Society, before attempting to launch a career in politics. After initial rebuffs as an individual candidate, he eventually gained electoral success by joining the Tory Party.With the aid of a financially beneficial, but not loveless, marriage, he began his rise to fame. As a leading figure in Conservative ranks, he tells of his condemnation of Peel's betrayal over the "Corn Laws", and his formation of a "Young England" splinter group.From becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Derby's government, he finally "Climbs to the top pf the greasy pole", becoming Prime Minister, for the first time, in 1868.The second half of the play deals with his notable relations with Queen Victoria and also his great adversarial battles, in and out of Parliament, with Mr Gladstone, the leader of the Liberal Party. He then talks of the domestic, foreign and imperial affairs of his second and most significant government 1874-1880. A sad, but not humourless ending, deals with his last years as Leader of the Opposition, and his last year.The style is largely anecdotal, informative and entertaining.

Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers

Author : Anne Somerset
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 1101875577
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers written by Anne Somerset and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting portrait of Queen Victoria and the ten prime ministers who headed British government during her sixty-three-year reign It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn’t be more wrong. A passionate and opinionated leader, Victoria was born to govern with no room for doubt about her historic destiny or the might of the empire that was built in her name. When it came to her involvement in state affairs, Victoria herself acknowledged that she had held strong “likes and dislikes” for the various prime ministers who served throughout her political evolution from headstrong teenager to seasoned leader. Anne Somerset’s Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers charts the feuds and affectionate interactions Victoria had with her ten premiers in often hilarious detail, from her adoration of Benjamin Disraeli, her favorite prime minister who filled her life with “poetry, romance, and chivalry,” to her detestation for William Gladstone, a man she deemed a “dangerous old fanatic.” Drawing extensively on unpublished sources such as material from the Royal Archives and never-before-seen prime ministerial papers, Somerset casts a fresh and highly illuminating perspective not just on Victoria, but on the exceptional politicians who served her in a time of massive global change.

The Prime Ministers of Queen Victoria

Author : Stuart Johnson Reid
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Prime Ministers of Queen Victoria written by Stuart Johnson Reid and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lord Melbourne, 1779-1848

Author : Leslie George Mitchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780198205920
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Lord Melbourne, 1779-1848 written by Leslie George Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Melbourne was Prime Minister of England from 1834-1841. As mentor and father-figure to the young Queen Victoria, he exerted considerable influence over the first few years of her reign. In this, the first biography in twenty years, Leslie Mitchell uses the Melbourne family papers to explore the man behind the politician at the heart of early Victorian politics.

Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers

Author : Christina Croft
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781790253364
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers written by Christina Croft and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-23 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the ten Victorian Prime Ministers, there were some, like the maverick Palmerston, who never ceased to exasperate Queen Victoria, while others, like the charming Disraeli, could do no wrong in her eyes. From the dour and dull to the eccentric and flamboyant, they came and went through her palaces, and their extensive communications show that, far from being the perpetually mourning and self-absorbed 'widow of Windsor', she continued to play an active role in the political life of the country and the Empire from the earliest days of her sixty-two reign to the final weeks of her life.

Victoria the Queen

Author : Julia Woodlands Baird
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1400069882
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victoria the Queen written by Julia Woodlands Baird and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 -- Virago in love -- The bride: "I never, never spent such an evening" -- Only the husband, not the master -- The palace intruders -- King to all intents: "like a vulture into his prey" -- Perfect, awful, spotless prosperity -- Annus Mirabilis: the revolutionary year -- What Albert did: the Great Exhibition of 1851 -- The Crimea: 'This unsatisfactory war' -- London boils over -- Royal parents: "everything passes so quickly!" -- "Who will call me Victoria now?" -- "The whole house seems like Pompeii." -- Resuscitating the widow at Windsor -- The queen's stallion -- The faery queen awakes -- Enough to kill any man -- Two ironclads colliding: the queen and Mr. Gladstone -- The monarch in a bonnet -- The "poor munshi" -- The diamond empire -- The end of the Victorian Age - "The streets were indeed a strange sight

Victoria

Author : A. N. Wilson
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1782393447
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Victoria written by A. N. Wilson and published by Atlantic Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Writing about Queen Victoria has been one of the most joyous experiences of my life. I have read thousands (literally) of letters never before published, and grown used to her as to a friend. Maddening? Egomaniac? Hysterical? A bad mother? Some have said so. What emerged for me was a brave, original woman who was at the very epicentre of Britain's changing place in the world: a solitary woman in an all-male world who understood politics and foreign policy much better than some of her ministers; a person possessed by demons, but demons which she was brave enough to conquer. Above all, I became aware, when considering her eccentric friendships and deep passions, of what a loveable person she was.' A. N. Wilson

Empress

Author : Miles Taylor
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300118090
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Empress written by Miles Taylor and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entirely original account of Victoria's relationship with the Raj, which shows how India was central to the Victorian monarchy from as early as 1837 In this engaging and controversial book, Miles Taylor shows how both Victoria and Albert were spellbound by India, and argues that the Queen was humanely, intelligently, and passionately involved with the country throughout her reign and not just in the last decades. Taylor also reveals the way in which Victoria's influence as empress contributed significantly to India's modernization, both political and economic. This is, in a number of respects, a fresh account of imperial rule in India, suggesting that it was one of Victoria's successes.

Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-In)

Author : Shrabani Basu
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525434429
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-In) written by Shrabani Basu and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears, releasing September 22, 2017. History’s most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearestcompanion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim. In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of hertwo great loves—Prince Albert and John Brown—Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables at her Golden Jubilee. The two form an unlikely bond and within a year Abdul becomes a powerful figure at court, the Queen’s teacher, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a friend close to her heart. This marked the beginning of the most scandalous decade in Queen Victoria’s long reign. As the royal household roiled with resentment, Victoria and Abdul’s devotion grew in defiance. Drawn from secrets closely guarded for more than a century, Victoria & Abdul is an extraordinary and intimate history of the last years of the nineteenth-century English court and an unforgettable view onto the passions of an aging Queen.

The Greedy Queen

Author : Annie Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781256824
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book The Greedy Queen written by Annie Gray and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the 19th century, a revolution took place in how we ate - from the highest table in the land to the most humble. Annie Gray's book is both a biography of Britain's most iconic monarch, and a look at the changing nature of cooking and eating in the Victorian era. From her early years living on milk and bread under the Kensington system, to her constant indigestion and belligerent over-eating as an elderly woman, her diet will be examined, likes and dislikes charted, and the opinions of those around her considered. More than that, though, this book will take a proper look below stairs. Victoria was surrounded by servants, from ladies-in-waiting, to secretaries, dressers and coachmen. But there was another category of servant, more fundamental, and yet at the same time more completely hidden: her cooks. From her greed to her selfishness at the table, her indigestion and her absolute reliance on food as a lifelong companion, with her when so many others either died or were forced away by political factors, Victoria had a huge impact on the way we all eat today. Annie Gray gives us a new perspective on Britain's longest reigning monarch, viewing her through the one thing more dear to her than almost anything else: her stomach."--Publisher's description.

Fenian Fire

Author : Christopher Campbell
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fenian Fire written by Christopher Campbell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2003 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical investigation into one of the most serpentine attempts on Queen Victoria's life that reveals for the first time the true instigator at the heart of government. There were eight attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria during her long reign; four of them were of Irish origin. The most serious of all was the 'Jubilee Plot', a conspiracy apparently hatched in New York by the Fenian Brotherhood to blow up the Queen, her family and most of the British Cabinet with dynamite at the great service of thanksgiving to commemorate the 50th anniversary of her accession, held at Westminster Abbey in June 1887. The plot was 'uncovered' by Scotland Yard with just a few days to go. Several of the bombers were caught, tried and sentenced to penal servitude for life. But - warned off in time - the master bomber escaped to America... Now, using recently declassified Foreign Office Secret files (marked 'Fenian Brotherhood'), the author discloses for the first time the huge secret at the heart of the British counter-intelligence operation against militant Irish nationalists: the entire conspiracy was masterminded for its own reasons by a clandestine British agency reporting directly to the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury.

Queen Victoria

Author : Lytton Strachey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queen Victoria written by Lytton Strachey and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Victoria & Albert: A Royal Love Affair

Author : Daisy Goodwin
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250175313
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Victoria & Albert: A Royal Love Affair written by Daisy Goodwin and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official companion to the second season of the PBS/Masterpiece drama Victoria by award-winning creator and screenwriter Daisy Goodwin. Airing in the Downton Abbey slot on PBS/Masterpiece last January, Victoria captivated millions of viewers, eclipsing Downton's first-season viewership and leaving its audience eager for the series's next season, which will focus on Victoria and Albert's passionate and tempestuous marriage. This official tie-in to the show, by creator and screenwriter Daisy Goodwin, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show, featuring never-before-seen interviews, photos, diary entries, profiles on all major characters, and sumptuous detail on the costumes and props that bring Victoria and Albert's world to vivid life. Victoria and Albert follows this extraordinary relationship between two very different people—she impulsive, emotional, capricious; he cautious, self-controlled, and logical—whose devotion to each other was unparalleled in royal history. Taking fans deeper into the world of Victoria than ever before, Victoria and Albert: A Royal Love Affair is the ultimate gift for devotees of the show.

Queen Victoria

Author : Hourly History
Publisher : Hourly History
ISBN 13 : 1537586009
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Queen Victoria written by Hourly History and published by Hourly History. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Queen of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years, the mother of nine children and grandmother to 42, Queen Victoria’s life was one of magnificent proportions. Victoria’s childhood was difficult and lonely but from the time she took the throne aged just eighteen she blossomed into a powerful woman, both frivolous and formidable. Inside you will read about... ✓ An Unsentimental Marriage ✓ Race to Produce an Heir ✓ Finally an Adult and Finally a Queen ✓ V&A ✓ Die Shattenseite ✓ The Hungry Forties and Albert’s Great Exhibition ✓ The Widow at Windsor And much more! In her later years, Victoria struggled to find balance between her wish to live a very private life as a widow and her duty to live the very public life of a Queen and later Empress. The world Victoria was born into was a very different world to that which she left behind and her life story is an incredible journey from infant heir to matriarchal Queen and Empress.

The Case of the Married Woman

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639361588
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book The Case of the Married Woman written by Antonia Fraser and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning historian Antonia Fraser brilliantly portrays a courageous and compassionate woman who refused to be curbed by the personal and political constraints of her time. Caroline Norton dazzled nineteenth-century society with her vivacity, her intelligence, her poetry, and in her role as an artist's muse. After her marriage in 1828 to the MP George Norton, she continued to attract friends and admirers to her salon in Westminster, which included the young Disraeli. Most prominent among her admirers was the widowed Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne. Racked with jealousy, George Norton took the Prime Minister to court, suing him for damages on account of his 'Criminal Conversation' (adultery) with Caroline. A dramatic trial followed. Despite the unexpected and sensational result—acquittal—Norton was still able to legally deny Caroline access to her three children, all under seven. He also claimed her income as an author for himself, since the copyrights of a married woman belonged to her husband. Yet Caroline refused to despair. Beset by the personal cruelties perpetrated by her husband and a society whose rules were set against her, she chose to fight, not surrender. She channeled her energies in an area of much-needed reform: the rights of a married woman and specifically those of a mother. Over the next few years she campaigned tirelessly, achieving her first landmark victory with the Infant Custody Act of 1839. Provisions which are now taken for granted, such as the right of a mother to have access to her own children, owe much to Caroline, who was determined to secure justice for women at all levels of society from the privileged to the dispossessed.

Victorians Undone

Author : Kathryn Hughes
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 142142570X
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Victorians Undone written by Kathryn Hughes and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In lively, accessible prose, Victorians Undone fills the space where the body ought to be, proposing new ways of thinking and writing about flesh in the nineteenth century.

The Queen and Lord M

Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446427218
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book The Queen and Lord M written by Jean Plaidy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second in Jean Plaidy's fantastic series, the Victorians. On the morning of 20th June 1837, an eighteen-year-old girl is called from her bed to be told that she is Queen of England. The Victorian age has begun. The young queen's first few years are beset with court scandal and malicious gossip: there is the unsavoury Flora Hastings affair, a source of extreme embarrassment to the queen; the eternal conflict between Victoria and her mother, and the young queen's hatred of Sir John Conroy, her mother's close friend. Then there is the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne - 'Lord M' - worldly cynic and constant companion to the queen, himself a veteran of many a latter-day scandal. He proves to be her guiding light - until the dashing Prince Albert appears and she falls hopelessly in love ...