Victoria : portrait of a queen
(2017)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
Y/BIOGRAPHY/941.081/VICTORIA

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Biographies Y/BIOGRAPHY/941.081/VICTORIA Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Boston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017]
DESCRIPTION

246 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780544716148, 0544716140 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Prologue. Long live the Queen! -- England's hope -- Reginamania -- Growing pains -- "Too happy!" -- Prince versus Queen -- Family life -- The modern world -- "Oh, this is death" -- Where is Queen Victoria? -- A tale of two prime ministers -- "The Queen is enough to kill anyone" -- The last procession -- Great Britain's limited monarchy -- The kings and queens of England and Great Britain -- Queen Victoria's family tree

"A biography for teens on Queen Victoria (1819-1901). Her long reign was filled with drama, death, intrigue, and passion, and took place during a time of great transformation, an era that bears the imprint of her personality and values as well as that of her name--the Victorian period."--Provided by publisher

Ages 12 and up

1030L