Queen Victoria in her letters and journals: a selection

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Viking, 1985 - Biography & Autobiography - 374 pages
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Contents

CONTENTS Introduction
1
Childhood 18191837
9
The Young Queen 18371839
23
Copyright

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Queen Victoria in Her Letters and Journals
Victoria (Queen of Great Britain),Christopher Hibbert
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About the author (1985)

Historian Christopher Hibbert was born as Arthur Raymond Hibbert in Enderby, England in 1924. He dropped out of Oriel College to join the Army. He served with the London Irish Rifles and won the Military Cross. He earned a degree in history in 1948. Before becoming a full-time nonfiction writer, he worked as a real estate agent and a television critic for Truth magazine. He wrote more than 60 books throughout his lifetime including The Road to Tyburn (1957), Il Duce: The Life of Benito Mussolini(1962), George IV: Prince of Wales, 1762-1811 (1972), and George IV: Regent and King, 1812-1830 (1973). His work The Destruction of Lord Raglan (1961) won a prize from the Royal Society of Literature. He died from bronchial pneumonia on December 21, 2008 at the age of 84.

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TitleQueen Victoria in her letters and journals: a selection
AuthorsVictoria (Queen of Great Britain), Christopher Hibbert
EditorChristopher Hibbert
Editionreprint, illustrated
PublisherViking, 1985
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedOct 3, 2006
ISBN0670804304, 9780670804306
Length374 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Royalty
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
  
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