PublishedBlack Inc., April 2013 |
ISBN9781863955942 |
FormatSoftcover, 224 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.7cm × 1.7cm |
When Queen Victoria died in 1901, two literary gentlemen took on a monumental task: selecting and editing her vast correspondence. The book they produced would influence perceptions of Victoria for generations to come - but it was not the full story.
Based on unprecedented access to the royal archives, Yvonne Ward reveals how key aspects of Victoria's life were deemed unfit for public consumption: her experience of motherhood, her struggle to combine the roles of ruler and wife, and her intimate friendships with other royal European women. She reveals how and why these excisions were made and how they have skewed our image of Victoria ever since.
