A01=Helen Rappaport
Assassination Attempts
Author_Helen Rappaport
Balmoral Castle
Category=DNBH
Category=DNBR
Category=GBC
Category=NHD
Charles
Children
Christmas
Dickens
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Friends
Historical Events
Jack the Ripper
Kensington Palace
Koh-iI-Noor Diamond
Louis Lablache
Margaret
Oliphant
Opera
Personal Interests
Preoccupations
Prime Ministers
Religion
Royal Albert Hall
Royal Household
Theater
Product details
- ISBN 9781851093557
- Weight: 992g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 05 May 2003
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
This resource covers the life, times, and relationships of Queen Victoria, providing information about her children, her personal interests, the historic times in which she ruled, and the leaders she influenced.
In this fascinating guide to every aspect of Queen Victoria's life, author Helen Rappaport analyzes the queen's personality, celebrates her achievements, and details the shortcomings of her empire, both in Britain, with its continuing divide between rich and poor, and overseas, where Britain's great empire was won by repression and exploitation.
A–Z entries—including topics barely touched in standard biographies—cover things like the various assassination attempts on her life, her interest in dancing and Jack the Ripper's murders, and how her husband Prince Albert introduced the celebration of Christmas to England. Queen Victoria also describes individuals such as her companion Lady Jane Churchill, her physician Sir James Clark, and politicians such as William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli; events like the Irish potato famine; inventions like steam power; and issues such as missionary activity and prostitution. It also includes bibliographies both for each entry and overall, and a chronology.
Helen Rappaport is a professional writer, researcher, Russian translator, and historical consultant, specializing in the 19th century. Her published works include ABC-CLIO's Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers.
