- Queens, Biography, History, Victoria, queen of great britain, 1819-1901
A magnificent biography of Queen Victoria by International New York Times columnist Julia Baird. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, 'Victoria: The Queen' is a stunning new portrait of the real woman behind the myth - a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Julia Baird
- First published
- 1916
- Pages
- 644
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited, Random House Trade Paperbacks, Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9780349134505
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