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Author : John Van der Kiste
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Queen Victoria and the European Empires written by John Van der Kiste and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Aldrich
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526100894
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Crowns and colonies written by Robert Aldrich and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Victoria, who also bore the title of Empress of India, had a real and abiding interest in the British Empire, but other European monarchs also ruled over possessions 'beyond the seas'. This collection of original essays explores the connections between monarchy and colonialism, from the old regime empires down to the Commonwealth of today. With case studies drawn from Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy, the chapters analyse constitutional questions about the role of the crown in overseas empires, the pomp and pageantry of the monarchy as it transferred to the colonies, and the fate of indigenous sovereigns under European colonial control. The volume, with chapters on North America, Asia, Africa and Australasia, provides new perspectives on colonial history, the governance of empire, and the transnational history of monarchies in modern Europe.
Author : Catherine Bernard
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780766018242
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (182 download)
Download or read book The British Empire and Queen Victoria in World History written by Catherine Bernard and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the rule of Queen Victoria, the longest-reigning British monarch, who brought Great Britain to the height of its power, building a great colonial empire while enjoying industrial expansion at home.
Author : Nancy Whitelaw
Publisher : Morgan Reynolds Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781931798297
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Queen Victoria and the British Empire written by Nancy Whitelaw and published by Morgan Reynolds Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victoria was only eighteen years old when she assumed the throne of England. The new queen quickly had to learn everything she could about politics and governing, relying heavily on her prime ministers for guidance. Marriage to her cousin, Albert of Saxe-Coburg, brought her a loving husband and partner. Together they raised nine children and oversaw the expansion of the British Empire. Albert's premature death, in 1861, left Victoria bereaved and so deeply depressed that she never fully recovered. She lived another four decades, however, and saw the British Empire reach its apogee. When she died in 1901, she had held the throne for sixty-three years, longer than any other British monarch. Queen Victoria and the British Empire is a vivid portrait of this brilliant period and the queen who gave her name to an era. Book jacket.
Author : John Van der Kiste
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752499270
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Crowns in a Changing World written by John Van der Kiste and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2003-07-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, almost every European nation was a monarchy, most linked by close family ties to her and Edward VII, the "uncle of Europe". Prior to the outbreak of World War I, the personal relationships of Edward, and of his successor and son, George V, flourished with the other royal families of Europe. The closeness of the European families was violently interrupted by the outbreak of war in 1914, and the armistice of 1918 brought three empires, namely Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia, crashing down. Some monarchies were strengthened, and others weakened beyond repair. In this well-researched study, John Van der Kiste has drawn upon previously unpublished material for the Royal Archives, Windsor, to show the realtionships between the crowned heads of Europe in the first part of the 20th century. His account sheds new light on foreign policy leading up to World War I.
Author : John Richardson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139476114
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book The Language of Empire written by John Richardson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman Empire has been an object of fascination for the past two millennia, and the story of how a small city in central Italy came to dominate the whole of the Mediterranean basin, most of modern Europe and the lands of Asia Minor and the Middle East, has often been told. It has provided the model for European empires from Charlemagne to Queen Victoria and beyond, and is still the basis of comparison for investigators of modern imperialisms. By an exhaustive investigation of the changing meanings of certain key words and their use in the substantial remains of Roman writings and in the structures of Roman political life, this book seeks to discover what the Romans themselves thought about their imperial power in the centuries in which they conquered the known world and formed the empire of the first and second centuries AD.
Author : Antoinette Burton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474230156
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
Download or read book An ABC of Queen Victoria's Empire written by Antoinette Burton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An alphabet of the darker side of Queen Victoria's reign, covering key events, concepts, places and people that shaped the British empire over the long 19th century"--
Author : Deborah Cadbury
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408852918
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Queen Victoria's Matchmaking written by Deborah Cadbury and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the 1890s, Queen Victoria had over thirty grandchildren and to maintain and increase royal power in Europe, she knew she had to manoeuvre them into a series of dynastic marriages. In her sights was royalty from across the world. Yet for all their seeming obedience, her grandchildren often had plans of their own, plans fuelled by strong wills and romantic hearts. Her matchmaking plans were only further complicated by their coinciding with tumultuous international upheavals; revolution and war were in the air and after her death, her most carefully laid plans fell to ruin. Queen Victoria's Matchmaking travels through the most glittering, decadent palaces of Russia and Europe, weaving in scandals, political machinations and family tensions, to enthralling effect. It is at once an intimate portrait of the royal family and an examination of the conflict caused by the power, love and duty that shaped the marriages that Queen Victoria arranged. At the heart of it all is Queen Victoria herself: doting grandmother one moment, determined manipulator the next.
Author : Catherine Fet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (69 download)
Download or read book The Victorian Era in Europe - Age of Empires - Through the Lives of Its Royals, Rebels, and Empire-builders written by Catherine Fet and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like other books in this 'heritage history' series, "The Victorian Era in Europe - Age of Empires - for Kids" presents the events of mid-to-late 19th century European history through biographies of its "royals, rebels, and empire-builders" in a story-telling format. Dusty volumes, published in the days when history-teaching wasn't reduced to 'social studies, ' overflow with historical anecdotes and details that would make our kids smile, and add a memorable 'human' touch to blunders, crimes, and victories of bygone eras' stars and villains. So, I spent a good year plowing through 19th and early 20th century biographical tomes, periodicals, and vintage childrens' histories, to translate a vast volume of stories and reports into narratives that can engage today's kids and teens. I tossed out exhaustive battle descriptions and analyses of dynastic feuds and politics to which our kids can't relate. I kept stories entertaining enough to bring to life the complex era that gave us phones, subways, and diamond engagement rings, along with Marxism, terrorism, the 'white man's burden, ' and hundreds of thousands of long-lost graves of those who fell in brutal colonial and European imperial wars. As always, this book presents only historical facts and reports (no embellishment, fiction, or opinions of any kind) and stays firmly on track with kid-appropriate, family-friendly content. Meet Queen Victoria, French Emperor Napoleon III, German Reichskanzler Bismarck, Russian Emperor Alexander II, the hero of the Italian Wars of Independence Giuseppe Garibaldi, the creator of Marxism - Karl Marx, the British Empire builder and diamond monopolist Cecil Rhodes, and the legend of archaeology Heinrich Schliemann - they are all here. Since understanding Victorian-era history requires knowledge of certain political/economic concepts, the book offers paragraph-long definitions of - ideas, such as Realpolitik, liberalism, fatalism, socialism, communism, nihilism, anarchism, totalitarianism, populism, the Monroe Doctrine, ''the white man's burden, ' 'jingoism...' - political movements and organizations, such as the Carbonari, Freemasons, Illuminati... - political/economic terms, such as monopoly, viceroy, protectorate, puppet regime, 'scorched earth' policy, and others. Did Queen Victoria actually say "We are not amused"? Why socialist economies fall apart, and why a communist socio-economic system has never existed in real life? Who came up with the diamond engagement ring 'tradition'? ... Your sleepless nights, pondering over these epic questions are over! Your kid will deliver the answers upon reading "The Victorian Era in Europe - Age of Empires - for Kids"!
Author : Katharine McGee
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0593710711
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (937 download)
Download or read book A Queen's Game written by Katharine McGee and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of the American Royals series invites you to visit 19th-century Europe amid the glamour and intrigue of the Victorian era. In this historical romance inspired by true events, three princesses struggle to find love—and end up vying for the hearts of two future kings. In the last glittering decade of European empires, courts, and kings, three young women are on a collision course with history—and with each other. Alix of Hesse is Queen Victoria’s favorite granddaughter, so she can expect to end up with a prince . . . except that the prince she’s falling for is not the one she’s supposed to marry. Hélène d’Orléans, daughter of the exiled King of France, doesn’t mind being a former princess; it gives her more opportunity to break the rules. Like running around with the handsome, charming, and very much off-limits heir to the British throne, Prince Eddy. Then there’s May of Teck. After spending her entire life on the fringes of the royal world, May is determined to marry a prince—and not just any prince, but the future king. In a story that sweeps from the glittering ballrooms of Saint Petersburg to the wilds of Scotland, A Queen’s Game recounts a pivotal moment in real history as only Katharine McGee can tell it: through the eyes of the young women whose lives, and loves, changed it forever.
Author : John Van der Kiste
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The End of the Habsburgs written by John Van der Kiste and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2019-12-08 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist when Francis II became Emperor of Austria. 112 years later, the Habsburg empire collapsed after the First World War after surviving many tribulations. During the year of revolutions in 1848 the much-loved but incompetent Emperor Ferdinand had abdicated in favour of his young nephew Francis Joseph. His long reign was marked by defeat in several wars, family tragedies and scandals including the execution of his brother Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, the suicide of his son Crown Prince Rudolf, and the assassinations of his wife Empress Elizabeth, and nephew Francis Ferdinand. He was succeeded in 1916 by the succession of his great-nephew Charles, who abdicated in 1918 and died after two unsuccessful attempts to regain the throne of Hungary, but his eldest son Otto remained head of the family and Member of the European Parliament for twenty years. This book looks at the final chapter of the Habsburgs, from the Napoleonic era to the age of the dictators and post-war Europe.
Author : Dina Gusejnova
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107120624
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book European Elites and Ideas of Empire, 1917-1957 written by Dina Gusejnova and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores European civilisation as a concept of twentieth-century political practice and the project of a transnational network of European elites. This title is available as Open Access.
Author : Julia P. Gelardi
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429904550
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Born to Rule written by Julia P. Gelardi and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an historical tour de force that weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the 20th century, and it was their reaction to the First World War that shaped the fate of a continent and the future of the modern world. Here are the stories of Alexandra, whose enduring love story, controversial faith in Rasputin, and tragic end have become the stuff of legend; Marie, the flamboyant and eccentric queen who battled her way through a life of intrigues and was also the mother of two Balkan queens and of the scandalous Carol II of Romania; Victoria Eugenie, Spain's very English queen who, like Alexandra, introduced hemophilia into her husband's family-with devastating consequences for her marriage; Maud, King Edward VII's daughter, who was independent Norway's reluctant queen; and Sophie, Kaiser Wilhelm II's much maligned sister, daughter of an Emperor and herself the mother of no less than three kings and a queen, who ended her days in bitter exile. Born to Rule evokes a world of luxury, wealth, and power in a bygone era, while also recounting the ordeals suffered by a unique group of royal women who at times faced poverty, exile, and death. Praised in their lifetimes for their legendary beauty, many of these women were also lauded-and reviled-for their political influence. Using never before published letters, memoirs, diplomatic documents, secondary sources, and interviews with descendents of the subjects, Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an astonishing and memorable work of popular history.
Author : Coryne Hall
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445695049
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Queen Victoria and The Romanovs written by Coryne Hall and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander III called Victoria ‘a pampered, sentimental, selfish old woman,’ while to her he was a sovereign whom she could not regard as a gentleman. But the Queen's son and two of her granddaughters married Romanovs.
Author : Kris Manjapra
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108425267
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Colonialism in Global Perspective written by Kris Manjapra and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative, breath-taking, and concise relational history of colonialism over the past 500 years, from the dawn of the New World to the twenty-first century.
Author : Russell Foster
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317593073
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book Mapping European Empire written by Russell Foster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empire and maps are mutually reliant phenomena and traceable to the dawn of civilisation. Furthermore, maps retain a supremely authoritative status as unquestioned reflections of reality. In today’s image-saturated world, their influence is more powerful now than at any other time in history. This book argues that in the 21st century we are seeing an imperial renaissance in the European Union (EU), a political organisation which defies categorisation, but whose power and influence grows by the year. It examines the past, present, and future of the EU to demonstrate that empire is not a category of state but rather a collective imagination which reshapes history and appropriates an artificial past to validate the policies of the present and the ambitions of the future. In doing so, this book illuminates the imperial discourse that permeates the mass maps of the modern EU. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of political science, EU Studies, Human Geography, European political history, cartography and visual methodologies and international relations.
Author : Giorgio Riello
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108643523
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)
Download or read book The Right to Dress written by Giorgio Riello and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first global history of dress regulation and its place in broader debates around how human life and societies should be visualised and materialised. Sumptuary laws were a tool on the part of states to regulate not only manufacturing systems and moral economies via the medium of expenditure and consumption of clothing but also banquets, festivities and funerals. Leading scholars on Asian, Latin American, Ottoman and European history shed new light on how and why items of dress became key aspirational goods across society, how they were lobbied for and marketed, and whether or not sumptuary laws were implemented by cities, states and empires to restrict or channel trade and consumption. Their findings reveal the significance of sumptuary laws in medieval and early modern societies as a site of contestation between individuals and states and how dress as an expression of identity developed as a modern 'human right'.
