This book follows the early years of the young queens reign, based closely on her own letters and journals. Queen victoria her life reign abebooks shop for books. Focal point of the forthcoming 2017 film victoria and abdul, queen victoria has long been a subject of great interest and controversy to the public. Sep 09, 2015 the queen has entered the record books as britains longestreigning monarch after surpassing the reign of her greatgreat grandmother, queen victoria. Victoria the queen is a cheerful, chatty success from. The young queens first few years are beset with court scandal and malicious gossip. Known as the victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was. During her reign with her husband, prince consort albert of saxecoburggotha, the british monarchy took on its modern ceremonial character. After queen elizabeth ii, victoria is the secondlongest reigning british monarch. But victoria was raised under close supervision and near isolation until she became queen of the united kingdom at the young age of 18. Known as the victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than that of any of her predecessors.
The queen is set to become the longest ever reigning monarch in british history next year. Queen victoria however, more importantly, she had to rescue the monarchy from the mess created by her immediate predecessors, particularity the public contempt in which it was held. List of monarchs in britain by length of reign wikipedia. On the morning of 20 june 1837, an 18yearold girl is called from her bed to be told that she is queen of england. The life of queen victoria and the story of her reign also the life of. Reign of queen victoria by hector bolitho, 1948 online. The standard biography of queen victoria is elizabeth longfords victoria r. Christened alexandrina victoria, this woman who lent her name to the age would, as. Queen victoria hated kids despite having nine of them. Brown 1997 as long as were talking about judi dench as queen victoria, we should also mention her majesty, mrs. During this time, britain had the worlds biggest empire, the largest navy, and the most modern industries. This insightful and comprehensive biography from e. Victoria noted the coincidence of the dates as almost incredible and most.
List of books and articles about queen victoria online. One of the most storied and influential rulers in modern history, queen victorias long reign defined the character of the nineteenth century throughout much of europe. When she died in 1901, queen victoria was a symbol of british greatness and much loved. This 1997 drama earned dame judi a best actress oscar nomination and won her a bafta and golden globe for the same. Her gracious life and glorious reign, a complete story of the career of the marvelous queen and empress, and a life of the new king, edward vii, with a brief history of england 1901 hardcover edited by john coulter and john a. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political. Victoria was queen of the united kingdom of great britain and ireland from 20 june 1837 until her death. Most books about queen elizabeth iis reign focus on her life and reign within the united. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Father of queen victoria queen victoria was born, roaring, at 4. Jan 30, 2020 in 2015 the length of the queens reign surpassed queen victorias reign of 63 years and 216 days. There is the unsavoury flora hastings affair, a source of extreme embarrassment to the queen. The queen becomes britains longestserving monarch but. Accident and tragedy put her on the throne soon after her 18th birthday.
Queen victoria was a small woman 4 feet, 11 inches tall and strong willed, she became queen of the united kingdom of great britain and ireland for 63 years and 7 month from june 20, 1837 until her death in 1901. Although she was only 18 years old when she became queen, she was enthusiastic and determined to be a good ruler. Its the figure of a longreigning matriarch in profile, small and heavy, that. Victoria was lucky enough to reign over britain during 63 mostly peaceful years, from june 20, 1837, to jan. Officially, queen victoria reigned for 63 years, seven months, and two days. Queen victoria was queen of the united kingdom of great britain and.
Her reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the victorian era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific, and political change that was marked by a great expansion of the british empire. A biography of the longreigning queen victoria kindle edition by west, adam. During her reign, she dealt with conflicts ranging from royal quarrels to war in crimea and rebellion in india. Queen elizabeth ii became the longestreigning british monarch on 9 september 2015 when she surpassed the reign of her greatgreatgrandmother victoria.
Queen victoria was queen of the united kingdom of great britain and ireland from 1837 to 1901 the secondlongest reign of any british monarch. By september 23, 1896, she had surpassed king george iii as the longest reigning monarch in the history of england and scotland. Queen victoria facts 15 things to know about victorias children. Queen victoria audiobooks listen to the full series. Queen victoria became queen in 1837, and she ruled for more than 63 years. On 6 february 2017 she became the first british monarch to celebrate a sapphire jubilee, commemorating 65 years on the throne. Queen victoria the queen of great britain and ireland for 63 years, the mother of. From the archives the death of queen victoria britain.
The victorian era of the united kingdom was the period of queen victoria s reign from 20 june 1837 until her death on 22 january 1901. Georges reign from 17601820 reached a total of 21,644 days. On september 9 2015, she will pass the record set by her greatgreatgrandmother queen victoria. The steady good sense of queen victoria, which latterly rose to sagacity. She had limited knowledge of both the crimean and boer wars but was sheltered.
In 2015 the length of the queens reign surpassed queen victorias reign of 63 years and 216 days. Reprint of the biography of queen victoria, originally published in 1921. This made queen victoria the first reigning monarch to take up residence. Queen victoria, queen of the united kingdom of great britain and ireland 18371901 and empress of india 18761901, who gave her name to an era, the victorian age. She adopted the additional title of empress of india on 1 may 1876. Queen elizabeths reign has included 12 prime ministers, two.
Her reign is known as the victorian age and british people of the time are known as victorians. The biographies written by elizabeth longford and cecil woodhamsmith, in 1964 and 1972 respectively, are still widely admired. She proved to be a unifying personality with whom, especially, the middle class of great britain had great empathy and the length of her reign gave the monarchy a. This striking new edition of queen victoria, the classic work by famed adventure writer g. Because of the length of the exposure, subjects found it difficult to hold a. Victoria was born in 1819 and reigned for 63 years. She was the daughter of prince edward, duke of kent, minor son of the reigning king george iii, and victoire of.
Hibbert has also edited a selection of her letters and journals. Queen victorias reign from 1837 to 1901 was unusually prosperous and peaceful. Sep 28, 2019 queen victorias reign from 1837 to 1901 was unusually prosperous and peaceful. Victoria the queen is a cheerful, chatty success from start to finish. Queen victoria in fiction and nonfiction the new york times. Victorias story is a difficult one to tell if only for its duration. During the years since my biography of the prince consort and my other books describing queen victoria s reign were published, many letters have been found in germany, and some in england.
She was the daughter of edward, duke of kent fourth son of george iii, and princess mary louise victoria of saxecoburgsaalfeld. British queens reign second to victoria in length the. Queen victorias reign the reign of queen victoria dk. Scenes and incidents of her life and reign and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He was king when the american colonies broke away from britain. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading queen victoria. Victoria 18371901 royal historical royalty collectibles. It was a long period of prosperity for the british people. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The queen becomes britains longestserving monarch but it.
From queen victoria to queen elizabeth ii in recent weeks, i have been reading new. Queen elizabeths reign has included 12 prime ministers, two more than served under victoria. Margaret homans, adrienne munich, gillian beer, king edward vii professor and president of clare hall gillian beer. Queen victoria became queen at the age of 18 and ruled for 63 years, seven months and two days. Queen victoria ascended to the throne on june 20, 1837, and stayed there until her death on january 22, 1901. British royal history queen victoria and her family royalty. Dec 20, 2016 victoria was lucky enough to reign over britain during 63 mostly peaceful years, from june 20, 1837, to jan. Sep 09, 2015 queen victoria became queen at the age of 18 and ruled for 63 years, seven months and two days. The book is chronicle of the life and reign of queen victorias life, who was monarch of great britain. Ascending to the throne at age eighteen, victoria ruled for sixtyfour yearsan astounding length for any world leader.
Queen elizabeth ii becomes longestreigning uk monarch bbc news. Queen elizabeth ii becomes longestreigning uk monarch. The shortestreigning monarch of all time was lady jane grey who ruled for nine days from. But the victorian erathe 63year period from 18371901 that marked the reign of englands queen victoria also saw a demise of rural life as cities rapidly grew and expanded, long and. Queen victoria married prince albert of saxecoburg and gotha, her first cousin in 1840, queen victoria was 16 years old. Remaking queen victoria volume 10 of cambridge studies in nineteenthcentury literature and culture, issn 174736. In those first few seconds, she was like any newborn. In this fascinating featurelength documentary about modern genealogy investigations, a british. Biographies of victoria written before much of the primary material became available, such as lytton stracheys queen victoria of 1921, are now considered out of date. Henty, examines the life of the noted monarch in impeccable detail and captivating prose.