Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers
A Personal History
$52.00
- Hardcover
576 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2024
Summary
A Daily Mail Best History Book of the Year; A Spectator Best Book of the Year
It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn’t be more wrong.
In Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers, Anne Somerset masterfully traces Victoria’s political evolution, from headstrong teenager to seasoned octogenarian. This book demonstrates her passionate involvement in state affairs, and casts fresh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008106225 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0008106223 |
| Author: | Anne Somerset |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | William Collins |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 1.00kg |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 159mm x 50mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
EARLY PRAISE FOR QUEEN VICTORIA AND HER PRIME MINISTERS:
‘Fascinating… an exhilaratingly impressive account’
Daily Telegraph, *****
‘Impressively well-researched’
The Times
‘Magnificent, disturbing and innovative… This wonderful book is the result of immense research in ministers’ private papers as well as in the royal and national archives’
Spectator
‘This book is a moving, meticulous and original explosion of the constitutional myths we’ve inherited’
Literary Review
‘The author skilfully unpicks the human dynamic that coloured many political decisions, a tale not without resonance today’
Country Life
About The Author
Anne Somerset
Anne Somerset was born in 1955 and read History at King’s College, London. Her first book, ‘The Life and Times of William IV’, was published in 1980. This was followed in 1984 by the bestselling ‘Ladies-in-Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day’, an acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I in 1991, and ‘Unnatural Murder: Poison in the Court of James I: The Overbury Murder’ in 1998. Her most recent work is ‘The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV’.
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