The Young Victoria
Alison Plowden
240 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0750925744
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 2000
19th CenturyBiographyBritish LiteratureGovernmentHistoricalHistoryNonfictionPoliticsVictorian
Born in 1819, Victoria was the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent. Left fatherless at the age of eight months, her early years were difficult, brought up by her German mother in an atmosphere of family feuds and jealousy. Succeeding to the throne at 18, however, she began a triumphant reign.