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Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | Prince Albert
, consort of QV
, died of typhoid in the Blue Room at Windsor Castle. Munich, Adrienne. Queen Victoria’s Secrets. Columbia University Press. xvi |
Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | QV
made her first public appearance after Prince Albert
's death. Thompson, Dorothy. Queen Victoria: Gender and Power. Virago Press. 58-9 |
Occupation | Queen Victoria | QV
opened Parliament for the first time since Prince Albert
's death nearly five years before. Munich, Adrienne. Queen Victoria’s Secrets. Columbia University Press. xvii |
Birth | Queen Victoria | QV
's future husband, Prince Albert
, was delivered by the same midwife as Victoria, just over three months later. Longford, Elizabeth. Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed. Harper and Row. 22 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | Princess Victoria had many cousins, the most significant of whom was Albert
, her future husband. Longford, Elizabeth. Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed. Harper and Row. 52 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | There was much political turmoil amongst Members of Parliament on public notification of the marriage, owing to the prince's German heritage and Victoria's position of power combined with her gender and her youth. Albert
was... |
politics | Queen Victoria | |
Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | He attracted her attention when he contactedAlbert
in the world beyond, and transmitted a message which included Albert's secret pet-name. Longford, Elizabeth. Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed. Harper and Row. 334 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | John Brown
, a Highlander, had first entered the service of the royal family in 1851; Victoria's biographer Elizabeth Longford
says she first mentioned him in her journal on 11 September 1849. After Prince Albert |
Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | The queen was grief-stricken at his death. Her devastation resembled that which she had experienced after the death of Prince Albert
. In a letter to her secretary, Sir Henry Ponsonby
, she compared the... |
Dedications | Queen Victoria | The book was dedicated as follows: To the dear memory of him
who made the life of the writer bright and happy, these simple records are lovingly and gratefully inscribed. Victoria, Queen. Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands. Editor Helps, Arthur, Harper and Brothers. ii |
Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg
, Princess Alexandrina Victoria
's cousin, visited England for the first time. Munich, Adrienne. Queen Victoria’s Secrets. Columbia University Press. xiii Longford, Elizabeth. Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed. Harper and Row. 52-3 |
Literary Setting | Queen Victoria | Unlike the flowery language of her editor, QV
's diction is simple and the prose style concise. Although the journal entries make implicit references to class, the omission of overt discussions of governmental affairs and... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Queen Victoria | Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg
made a second visit to England to see his cousin QV
. Longford, Elizabeth. Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed. Harper and Row. 132 Munich, Adrienne. Queen Victoria’s Secrets. Columbia University Press. xiii |
Textual Features | Queen Victoria | It covers the state visit of Louis-Napoleon
and Eugénie
, and QV
's return visit to Paris with Albert
. Victoria, Queen, and Raymond Mortimer. Leaves from a Journal. Privately printed. |
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