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Worsley, Lucy,

Queen Victoria : daughter, wife, mother, widow / Lucy Worsley. - Large print edition. - x, 500 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.

WF Howes: LP4611. "Clipper"--Cover. Standard print edition originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2018.

Bestselling author and historian Lucy Worsley tracks a new course through Queen Victoria's life, examining how she transformed from dancing princess to the Widow of Windsor and became one of Britain's greatest monarchs along the way. Taking twenty-four significant days from Victoria's life, from her birth, her wedding, her coronation to her husband's death, and many more in between, allows us to see Victoria up close and personal, examining how she lived hour to hour. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, this major new biography will celebrate Queen Victoria as a woman of her time, who lived an extraordinary life.

ISBN: 9781528854245

Publisher. No.: LP4611 WF Howes

Subjects--Personal Names:
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Queens--Great Britain--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
Large type books.

Dewey Class. No.: 941.081092