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Book Synopsis Victoria's Empire by : Victoria Wood
Download or read book Victoria's Empire written by Victoria Wood and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travelling throughout the old British Empire in search of the legacy of Queen Victoria, Victoria Wood visits the countries that were transformed by British ingenuity and the advances of the industrial revolution.
Download or read book Victoria's Wars written by Saul David and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early part of Queen Victoria�s reign, the British Empire almost quintupled in size. It was well on the way to becoming the greatest empire the world had ever seen. This is the story of how it happened and the people who made it happen. In a fast-moving narrative that ranges from London to the harsh terrain of India, Russia and the Far East, Saul David shows how Britain ruthlessly exploited her position as the world�s only superpower to expand her empire. Yet little of this territorial acquisition was planned or sanctioned by the home government. Instead it was largely the work of the men on the ground, and to those at home it really did seem that the empire was acquired in a �fit of absence of mind�. Saul David creates a vivid portrait of life on the violent fringes of empire, and of the seemingly endless and brutal wars that were fought in the name of trade, civilization and the balance of power.
Book Synopsis Victoria on Victoria by : Victoria Wood
Download or read book Victoria on Victoria written by Victoria Wood and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travelling throughout the old British Empire in search of the legacy of Queen Victoria, Victoria Wood visits the countries that were transformed by British ingenuity and the advances of the industrial revolution.
Book Synopsis Victoria: The Queen by : Julia Baird
Download or read book Victoria: The Queen written by Julia Baird and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story for fans of the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria, this page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen—a Victoria for our times. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning portrait is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES • ESQUIRE • THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY “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 coming decades. In Britain, a generation of royals had indulged their whims at the public’s expense, and republican sentiment was growing. The Industrial Revolution was transforming the landscape, and the British Empire was commanding ever larger tracts of the globe. In a world where women were often powerless, during a century roiling with change, Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisive hand. Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. As a girl, she defied her mother’s meddling and an adviser’s bullying, forging an iron will of her own. As a teenage queen, she eagerly grasped the crown and relished the freedom it brought her. At twenty, she fell passionately in love with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, eventually giving birth to nine children. She loved sex and delighted in power. She was outspoken with her ministers, overstepping conventional boundaries and asserting her opinions. After the death of her adored Albert, she began a controversial, intimate relationship with her servant John Brown. She survived eight assassination attempts over the course of her lifetime. And as science, technology, and democracy were dramatically reshaping the world, Victoria was a symbol of steadfastness and security—queen of a quarter of the world’s population at the height of the British Empire’s reach. Drawing on sources that include fresh revelations about Victoria’s relationship with John Brown, Julia Baird brings vividly to life the fascinating story of a woman who struggled with so many of the things we do today: balancing work and family, raising children, navigating marital strife, losing parents, combating anxiety and self-doubt, finding an identity, searching for meaning.
Book Synopsis Queen Victoria's Little Wars by : Byron Farwell
Download or read book Queen Victoria's Little Wars written by Byron Farwell and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1985 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1837 to 1901, in Asia, China, Canada, Africa, and elsewhere, military expedition were constantly being undertaken to protect resident Britons or British interests, to extend a frontier, to repel an attack, avenge an insult, or suppress a mutiny or rebellion. Continuous warfare became an accepted way of life in the Victorian era, and in the process the size of the British Empire quadrupled.But engrossing as these small wars are--and they bristle with bizarre, tragic, and often humorous incident--it is the officers and men who fought them that dominate this book. With their courage, foolhardiness, and eccentricities, they are an unforgettable lot.
Book Synopsis Queen Victoria's Matchmaking by : Deborah Cadbury
Download or read book Queen Victoria's Matchmaking written by Deborah Cadbury and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted the most international power and influence: as a matchmaking grandmother. As her reign approached its sixth decade, Queen Victoria's grandchildren numbered over thirty, and to maintain and increase British royal power, she was determined to maneuver them into a series of dynastic marriages with the royal houses of Europe. Yet for all their apparent obedience, her grandchildren often had plans of their own, fueled by strong wills and romantic hearts. Victoria's matchmaking plans were further complicated by the tumultuous international upheavals of the time: revolution and war were in the air, and kings and queens, princes and princesses were vulnerable targets. Queen Victoria's Matchmaking travels through the glittering, decadent palaces of Europe from London to Saint Petersburg, weaving in scandals, political machinations and family tensions to enthralling effect. It is at once an intimate portrait of a royal family and an examination of the conflict caused by the marriages the Queen arranged. At the heart of it all is Victoria herself: doting grandmother one moment, determined Queen Empress the next.
Book Synopsis Queen Victoria and the British Empire by : Nancy Whitelaw
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.
Book Synopsis V. R. I. by : John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Duke of Argyll
Download or read book V. R. I. written by John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Duke of Argyll and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British Gunboats of Victoria's Empire by : Angus Konstam
Download or read book British Gunboats of Victoria's Empire written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated history of the iconic ocean-going gunboats of British 'gunboat diplomacy', the hundreds of little warships that for 50 years demonstrated the power of the Royal Navy worldwide, and which maintained and enforced the rule of the British Empire at its peak. In recent years the phrase 'gunboat diplomacy' has been used to describe the crude use of naval power to bully or coerce a weaker nation. During the reign of Queen Victoria, 'gunboat diplomacy' was viewed very differently. It was the use of a very limited naval force to encourage global stability and to protect British overseas trade. This very subtle use of naval power was a vital cornerstone of the Pax Britannica. Between the Crimean War (1854–56) and 1904, when the gunboat era came to an abrupt end, the Royal Navy's ocean-going gunboats underpinned Britain's position as a global power and fulfilled the country's role as a 'global policeman'. Created during the Crimean War, these gunboats first saw action in China. However, they were also used to hunt down pirates in the coasts and rivers of Borneo and Malaya, to quell insurrections and revolts in the Caribbean or hunt slavers off the African coast. The first gunboats were designed for service in the Crimean War, but during the 1860s a new generation of ships began entering service – vessels designed specifically to fulfill this global policing role. Better-designed gunboats followed, but by the 1880s, the need for them was waning . The axe finally fell in 1904 when Admiral 'Jackie' Fisher brought the gunboat era to an end in order to help fund the new age of the dreadnought. This exciting New Vanguard title describes the rise and fall of the gunboat, the appearance and capability of these vital warships, and what life was like on board. It also examines key actions they were involved in.
Book Synopsis Queen Victoria and the European Empires by : John Van der Kiste
Download or read book Queen Victoria and the European Empires written by John Van der Kiste and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an account of Queen Victoria's relationships with the Emperors, Empresses of France, Germany, Austria and Russia. Victoria had close connections with the royal houses of Germany long before the King of Prussia became the German Emperor in 1871 and with the exiled former Emperor of the French after the fall of the French Empire in 1870.
Book Synopsis V.R.I. Her Life and Empire by : John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Duke of Argyll
Download or read book V.R.I. Her Life and Empire written by John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Duke of Argyll and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An ABC of Queen Victoria's Empire by : Antoinette Burton
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"--
Book Synopsis Queen Victoria's Wars by : Stephen M. Miller
Download or read book Queen Victoria's Wars written by Stephen M. Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a revised and updated history of thirteen of the most significant British conflicts during the Victorian period.
Book Synopsis Victoria and Her Court by : Virginia Schomp
Download or read book Victoria and Her Court written by Virginia Schomp and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2011-01-30 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of books explores what is perhaps the most dynamic era in the history of England.
Book Synopsis Queen Victoria's Maharajah by : Michael Alexander
Download or read book Queen Victoria's Maharajah written by Michael Alexander and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2001 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delightful portrait of a unique character, the quixotic Duleep Singh, a deposed Punjabi maharajah, converted to Christianity and moved to England, where he became a favorite of Queen Victoria. But, his extravagance and the parsimony of the India Office eventually led him to declare a holy war to recover his homeland from the British Empire. The account is based on the archives at Windsor and the India Office Library.
Book Synopsis V.R.I. by : John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Duke of Argyll
Download or read book V.R.I. written by John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Duke of Argyll and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis V. R. I. Queen Victoria by : Marquis Of Lorne
Download or read book V. R. I. Queen Victoria written by Marquis Of Lorne and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1901 Edition.
