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Who Was Queen Victoria?
Written by Jim Gigliotti
Narrated by Jayne Entwistle
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Her reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific, and political change that was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. But Victoria was raised under close supervision and near isolation until she became Queen of the United Kingdom at the young age of 18. She married her first cousin, Albert, and had nine children who married into families across Europe. By the time she had earned the nickname “The Grandmother of Europe” and the title “Empress of India” it was indeed true that the sun never set on the British Empire. Publicly, she became a national icon, but privately, Who Was Queen Victoria?
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 31, 2017
ISBN9780525493198
Author
Jim Gigliotti
Jim Gigliotti is the former editor at the National Football League who now is a freelance writer based in southern California. He is a lifelong San Francisco Giants fan.
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