ISBN: 9780470044391

Power, pageantry, and prideQueen Victoria ruled the most powerful empire the world has ever seen, covering one fourth of the earth's land surface, reigning over subjects on every continen… Mehr…

Power, pageantry, and prideQueen Victoria ruled the most powerful empire the world has ever seen, covering one fourth of the earth's land surface, reigning over subjects on every continent, and exercising undisputed mastery of the oceans in between. She was the "Grandmother of Europe," with descendants occupying the thrones of half a dozen nations, and more to come. The very era in which she lived already bore her name. In June 1897, her proud and prosperous nation marked her sixtieth year on the throne of England with the most lavish display of pomp, circumstance, wealth, and affection in its history.Twilight of Splendor presents a breathtaking portrait of a sovereign and her empire at the height of their global power. Focusing on the spectacle of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, it combines a thrilling account of that massive celebration with an intimate exploration of Victoria's world—her splendid palaces and possessions, the grand banquets and balls she hosted, her immense wealth, the politicians and courtiers who did her bidding, her confidence and assertiveness as a ruler, her surprising personal humility, and her perpetual state of mourning for her beloved husband, Prince Albert.Based on hundreds of published and unpublished sources from the period, including Queen Victoria's private correspondence and personal journals, Twilight of Splendor is must reading for Anglophiles, Victorian-history buffs, and anyone interested in the golden age of monarchy.The first book to portray the queen and her court in the last years of her reignContrasts the queen's private and public images in her efforts to solidify the monarchyExposes the queen's difficult relations with her childrenExplores the queen's relationship with her extended European royal relativesDraws together for the first time hundreds of disparate sourcesIncludes a number of rare photographs complementing the text Trade Books>Hardcover>World History>UK,Ireland>Great Britain Hist, Turner Publishing Company Core >2<

ISBN: 9780470044391

Find Twilight of Splendor by Greg King in Hardcover and other formats in Biography & Autobiography > Royalty. Biography & Autobiography 9780470044391, Trade Paper Press

ISBN: 9780470044391

Twilight of Splendor : The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year Hardcover New Books, Wiley

2007, ISBN: 9780470044391

The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: John Wiley & Sons Ltd], John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2007