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  • Published: 15 July 2018
  • ISBN: 9780141987316
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $14.99
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Victoria (Penguin Monarchs)

Queen, Matriarch, Empress




The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback

Queen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history, in a time of intense industrial, cultural, political, scientific and military change within the United Kingdom and great imperial expansion outside of it (she was made Empress of India in 1876). Overturning the established picture of the dour old lady, this is a fresh and engaging portrait from one of our most talented royal biographers.

  • Published: 15 July 2018
  • ISBN: 9780141987316
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $14.99
Categories:

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About the author

Jane Ridley

Jane Ridley is Professor of History at Buckingham University, where she teaches a course on biography. Her books include The Young Disraeli, acclaimed by Robert Blake as definitive; and a highly praised study of the architect Edwin Lutyens and his relationship with his troubled wife, which won the Duff Cooper Prize in 2003. Her most recent biography, Bertie: A Life of Edward VII was a Sunday Times bestseller and one of the most critically acclaimed books of its year. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Ridley writes book reviews for the Spectator and other newspapers, and has also appeared on radio and several television documentaries. She lives in London and Scotland.

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