Queen Victoria: was an empire-ruling, photograph collecting, public image making, diary writing, total queen, who gave her name to an era of British history that saw more change than any other ...

In 1838, the British parliament under Queen Victoria had abolished slavery throughout the Empire — a reversal of its history of enslaving and trading people, particularly during the ...

Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles. She also shaped a new role for the Royal Family, reconnecting it with the public through ...

Susan Kingsley Kent, The Journal of Modern History 'Chernock’s contribution is both entirely unique and offers a fascinating new interpretation of one aspect of the monarch’s life.' Connor E. R.

The steady good sense of Queen Victoria, which latterly rose to sagacity; the unprecedented length of her reign, its marvellous good fortune scarcely broken by the catastrophe in Afghanistan or ...

he appealed to the Queen, who told him "it would never do." Still, he went personally to the War Office, and received a staff assignment. Victoria warned him of the unhealthy climate of equatorial ...

No wonder then, in popular imagination, Queen Victoria represents ... pursuit to tell the world a story buried in history that resulted in the book Victoria & Abdul. As this story is being brought ...

To the long history of mismanagement ... royal control of India through a viceroy received Victoria's signature on August 2, 1858, the Queen writing to Canning (who became viceroy, with an ...

Susan Kingsley Kent, The Journal of Modern History 'Chernock's contribution is both entirely unique and offers a fascinating new interpretation of one aspect of the monarch's life.' Connor E. R.

She celebrated her Golden Jubilee in the Abbey in 1887 during which she sat in the Coronation Chair. Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838, ...

Photos found on the Isle of Wight show how Islanders marked the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. Thousands of people can be seen lining the streets as the Queen's coffin was taken from Osborne ...