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xix, 483 pages (large print) ; 25 cm "Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, succumbed to typhoid fever in 1861. He was forty-two and official bulletins had, until the previous day, given no cause for alarm. His death was a catastrophe for Victoria, who relied on him utterly. The Queen donned the widow's weeds that she would wear for forty years and retreated into a state of pathological grief which nobody could penetrate and few understood. Her refusal to return to public life alienated even her closest family and led to a resurgence of reppublicanism and even talk of abdication. Rappaport tracks Victoria's mission to commemorate her husband in perpetuity, planning monuments that would set their stamp on the art and culture not just of her reign but of Britain today." -- p [4] of cover Standard print ed. originally published: London : Hutchinson, 2011 Includes bibliographical references Prologue: Christmas 1860 -- Part one: Albert the good (1. 'The treadmill of never-ending business ; 2. 'The first real blow of misfortune' ; 3. 'Fearfully in want of a true friend' -- 4. Our most precious invalid' ; 5. 'Day turned into night' ; 6. 'Our great national calamity' ; 7. 'Will they do

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Author

Helen Rappaport

Publisher

AudioGO Limited

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781445894058

Category

history

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

3.79 / 5 (27 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13