Queen Victoria and her prime ministers : her life, the imperial ideal, and the politics and turmoil that shaped her extraordinary reign
(2024)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/VICTORIA
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024
EDITION
First United States edition
DESCRIPTION
630 pages, 16 unumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781101875575, 1101875577 :, 1101875577, 9781101875575
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Lord Melbourne 1837-1841 -- Sir Robert Peel 1841-1846 -- Lord John Russell 1846-1852 -- Lord Derby; Lord Aberdeen 1852-1855 -- Lord Palmerston; Lord Derby; Lord Palmerston 1855-1861 -- Lord Palmerston 1861-1865 -- Lord Russell; Lord Derby; Mr Disraeli 1865-1868 -- Mr Gladstone 1868-1874 -- Mr Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) 1874-1880 -- Mr Gladstone 1880-1885 -- Lord Salisbury; Mr Gladstone 1885-1886 -- Lord Salisbury 1886-1892 -- Mr Gladstone; Lord Rosebery 1892-1895 -- Lord Salisbury 1895-1901 -- Conclusion
"A riveting portrait of Queen Victoria and the ten prime ministers who headed the British government during her sixty-three-year reign"--