Queen Victoria av Lucy Worsley

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<p><b><H3> AN INTIMATE ACCOUNT OF ONE OF BRITAIN''S LONGEST-REIGNING - AND MOST EXTRAORDINARY - MONARCHS FROM BESTSELLING HISTORIAN LUCY WORSLEY </H3><br></b><br>Readers LOVE <i>Queen Victoria:<br></i>''This book changed my whole perception of Queen Victoria'' ?????<br>''Fascinating. Lucy has really brought her to life'' ?????<br>''An insightful, interesting and readable account'' ?????<br><i><br>*******************************</i><br><br><b><h3> Who was Queen Victoria? </h3></b><br><br>A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black? She was also a passionate young princess who loved dancing. And there is also a third Victoria, the brilliant queen, one who invented a new role for the monarchy.<br><br>Victoria found a way of ruling when people were deeply uncomfortable with having a woman on the throne.<br><br>Her image as a conventional daughter, wife and widow concealed the reality of a talented, instinctive politician. Her actions, if not her words, reveal