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The Widow Of Windsor by Jean Plaidy is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Widow Of Windsor about?
475 pages (large print) ; 24 cm Albert was dead and the Queen, stricken with grief, prepared to spend the rest of her life mourning. Her Government and her family sought to bring herout of seclusion but she was determined to remain the Widow of Windsor. The years which followed were some of the most momentous in British history, some of the Queen's ministers the most famous. There was the great Palmerston who managed to keep a mocking ascendancy over her; Mr. Gladstone, Grand Old Man and People's William, who prowled the streets at night in an attempt to lead prostitutes back to a life of respectability, and who was no favorite of the Queen, unlike the witty Disraeli, who charmed hercompletely. She was surrounded by the colorful members of her family --sons, daughters, their wives and husbands, her grandchildren. There was the censorious Vicky, Crown Princess of Prussia and Empress-to-be who suffered great domestic tragedy; Louise who married outside royalty; Lenchen and baby Beatrice; there was Alfred whose amorous adventures caused his mother such concern and Leopold whose ill health was an even greater anxiety; there was Arthur who had inherited his father's goodness; and above
Who reads The Widow Of Windsor?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Jean Plaidy
- Publisher
- Long Preston: Magna Large Print Books
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780750533362
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, History
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (370 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14