Catherine Reef brings history vividly to life in this sumptuously
illustrated account of a confident, strong-minded, and influential
woman.
Victoria woke one morning at the age of eighteen to discover that her
uncle had died and she was now queen. She went on to rule for
sixty-three years, with an influence so far-reaching that the decades of
her reign now bear her name--the Victorian period. Victoria is filled
with the exciting comings and goings of royal life: intrigue and
innuendo, scheming advisors, and assassination attempts, not to mention
plenty of passion and discord. Includes bibliography, notes, British
royal family tree, index.