Queen Victoria
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2003
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-333-63807-1 (ISBN)
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-333-63807-1 (ISBN)
This illustrated biography of Queen Victoria includes research on often neglected aspects of her life and reign including her religious views, her involvement with Britain's army, her political initiatives and her connections with Ireland.
In this engaging study, Walter L. Arnstein explores both the private life and the public role of the young princess who inherited Britain's throne as a teenager and who became the octogenarian symbolic head of the largest empire in the history of the world.
Arnstein incorporates the findings of past studies and recent research (including articles of his own based on previously unpublished letters and journals) to shed light on often-neglected aspects of Victoria's life and reign: her concern with gender roles, religion, politics, and Ireland; as well as her involvement with both the controversial domestic issues and the great international conflicts of the era. Wherever the historical evidence allows, Arnstein enables the monarch to speak in her own words, demonstrating that Victoria was not only the queen who became an adjective, but also a highly-quotable, multi-dimensional human being.
Concise, authoritative and attractively illustrated, Queen Victoria provides the economic, social, cultural and political background knowledge to make the life of this fascinating monarch intelligible even to readers unfamiliar with her now distant world.
In this engaging study, Walter L. Arnstein explores both the private life and the public role of the young princess who inherited Britain's throne as a teenager and who became the octogenarian symbolic head of the largest empire in the history of the world.
Arnstein incorporates the findings of past studies and recent research (including articles of his own based on previously unpublished letters and journals) to shed light on often-neglected aspects of Victoria's life and reign: her concern with gender roles, religion, politics, and Ireland; as well as her involvement with both the controversial domestic issues and the great international conflicts of the era. Wherever the historical evidence allows, Arnstein enables the monarch to speak in her own words, demonstrating that Victoria was not only the queen who became an adjective, but also a highly-quotable, multi-dimensional human being.
Concise, authoritative and attractively illustrated, Queen Victoria provides the economic, social, cultural and political background knowledge to make the life of this fascinating monarch intelligible even to readers unfamiliar with her now distant world.
WALTER L. ARNSTEIN is Professor Emeritus of History and Jubilee Professor Emeritus of the Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
The Cloistered Princess
The Royal Teenager
The Model of Domesticity
The Reigning Partner
Britain's Champion
The Reclusive Widow
The Guardian of the Constitution
The Imperial Matriarch
The Paradoxical Monarch
Appendices
Select Bibliography
Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.4.2003 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 360 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-333-63807-7 / 0333638077 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-333-63807-1 / 9780333638071 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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