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Queen Victoria: Her Life and Legacy Hardcover – February 24, 2022
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At the very start of her reign, she took an interest in politics, playing an active part in the machinations of government, and worked with ten prime ministers. She broke down barriers between sovereign and her subjects, ensuring that she was visible to the public. Victoria established the tradition of the white wedding, wearing a white bridal dress to ensure that her subjects could see her with the coronation route lengthened to maximize her exposure. She set the tradition of acknowledging her subjects from the balcony at Buckingham Palace during times of national celebration. She also paid regular visits to hospitals in England to visit wounded soldiers, and instigated the medal named after her which became the highest honor a man could receive fighting for his country.
All aspects of Victoria’s life from Kensington Palace, her birthplace to Frogmore Mausoleum, are covered within this volume. Her personal life as well as her public persona are examined with illustrations of many of the places and palaces that were significant in her life – such as the site of the Fox & Crown public house on West Hill, Highgate, where, the landlord stepped out to halt the horses of Victoria coach which was careering out of control, or the point along Constitution Hill where the first assassination attempt was made on Victoria’s life.
Equally displayed in this unique collection are fascinating artifacts that epitomize her reign, for example, the world’s first pre-paid adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black which, of course, bore her image, and the gold enameled brooch presented by Queen Victoria to Florence Nightingale in 1855 for her work in Crimea.
Queen Victoria: Her Life and Legacy is a journey in gloriously-colored images through one of Britain’s greatest eras – the age of Victoria.
- Print length240 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFrontline Books
- Publication dateFebruary 24, 2022
- Dimensions6.85 x 0.94 x 9.76 inches
- ISBN-101399018310
- ISBN-13978-1399018319
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- Publisher : Frontline Books (February 24, 2022)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 240 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1399018310
- ISBN-13 : 978-1399018319
- Item Weight : 1.72 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.85 x 0.94 x 9.76 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,984,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,817 in Royalty Biographies
- #8,868 in Historical European Biographies (Books)
- #11,185 in Great Britain History (Books)
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Paul Kendall is a military historian from Kent specialising in the First World War. He is the author of three bestselling books 'Zeebrugge 1918: The Finest Feat of Arms' (The History Press 2008), 'Bullecourt 1917: Breaching the Hindenburg Line' (The History Press 2010), 'Aisne 1914: The Dawn of Trench Warfare'(The History Press 2012), 'Somme 1916: Success and Failure on the First day of the Battle of the Somme' (Frontline Books, 2015), The Battle of Neuve Chapelle: Britain's Forgotten Offensive in 1915, The Zeebrugge Raid 1918: Voices from the Past, Armistice 1918: Voices from the Past and Henry VIII in a 100 Objects.
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The Somme and its effect upon the British Army has been written upon and studied at length. Kendall's book is an excellent modern interpretation of this seminal batttle. His writing style is extremely engaging and his analysis clear and concise. He incorporates a myriad of first-hand accounts of individual experiences that add a level of intimacy to the narrative. His conclusion is balanced, and presents both sides of the ongoing debate surrounding the utility of the attack as well as the effectiveness of the Command staff with a historian's critical eye. The production value of the book itself is outstanding. (Military Reviewer)
As Somme100 approaches a number of books about the Battle of the Somme have started to appear. Many of these offer little new or enlightening but Paul Kendall’s new Somme 1916 (Frontline Books 2016, ISBN 978 1 84832 905 8, 442pp, maps/illustrations, hardback, £30.00) is a really excellent addition to our knowledge about the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, and indeed the Great War.
The book looks at the entire Somme front on 1st July 1916, the day the battle began, and what became the Blackest Day in British Military History with more than 57,000 casualties. It begins with the background to the Somme offensive and then looks at the different sectors from North to South, starting at Gommecourt and ending with Montauban.
Each chapter describes the fighting in that area in detail, and it is clear the author’s research (as with his previous books) is really first rate as he has used a wide range of sources from War Diaries to German accounts. The area I know particularly well is Beaumont-Hamel; the chapter on that sector is one of the best I have read in a very long time. With good maps and some supporting images this is a superb book and essential for anyone studying the First Day of the Somme in this centenary year. (Paul Reed https://somme1916.wordpress.com/2016/04/06/book-review-somme-1916/)
'The first day of the Somme will always be the subject of controversy, but it is certain that no serious discussion can be held without consulting this important study.' (Britain at War Magazine).
'Paul Kendall's book [Aisne 1914] sets a new standard in the publication of texts relating to the First World War. It is a work of prodigious research which reconstructs the battle in admirable detail...This book should be read by anyone with an interest in the First World War and the emergence of trench warfare.' (Military History Magazine).
'In this remarkable detailed and highly recommended examination of that offensive the author reveals the savage engagement that was the Battle of the Aisne'. (Britain at War Magazine).
'Bullecourt is well written and exhaustively researched' (Military Times).
'It surpasses expectations...The definitive Zeebrugge' (Navy News).
Zeebrugge Raid 1918: The Finest Feat of Arms: 'A fascinating insight' (The Times).
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5 stars
This book does not lend itself to Kindle formatting. I hope this can be corrected before final publication.
This book starts out at the time of Victoria’s birth. Since, at the time of her birth, she was fifth in line for the British throne, she was not expected to ascend to the throne. However, a series of unfortunate deaths led to her becoming Queen Victoria when she was one month shy of her eighteenth birthday. She was to sit on the throne for sixty-three years and seven months. Her reign led its name to the “Victorian Age.”
This book has fantastic pictures of various palaces and other places of interest related to Victoria’s reign. It also has copious footnotes, so that the reader may further explore her life and times. It outlines the assassination attempts on her life, of which there were many.
It describes the fairytale story of her romance with Prince Albert, a cousin of hers. It sounds absolutely wonderful. The reader is told about her nine children, beginning with her first daughter Victoria or “Vicky.” (Although she hated being pregnant.) Albert loved and doted on his children.
Victoria’s reign was to engender many, many firsts in Britain, such as postage stamps, railroads and so on. She and her daughters, and the household staff knitted stockings for soldiers fighting the Crimean War. She took her position as head of the armed services seriously and did all she could to support the men. She was the first Queen to use chloroform in 1853 beginning with the birth of her sixth child, Prince Leopold. She was the first to use the Buckingham Palace balcony as a way of greeting her subjects.
I wish I could portal back to 1851 Britain and see the Crystal Palace with its 300,000 panes of glass. It must have been absolutely gorgeous. Prince Albert really created a masterpiece.
Mr. Kendall ends his book with, “No woman was ever held in higher honour. No Queen was ever loved so well.”
Aside from the Kindle formatting problems, this book is fascinating. It is well written and laid out pretty linearly. The reader gets a sense of Victoria through his words and the photographs. It is a wonderful picture of a much loved Queen.
I want to thank NetGalley and Pen & Sword/Frontline Books for forwarding to me a copy of this very good book for me to read, enjoy and review. The opinions expressed here are solely my own.
This book would be wonderful in the hardcover format. It chronicles Queen Victoria's life accompanied by full page photos, mostly in color- as the narrative goes along. It is important to note that Queen Victoria was the first Queen of England to be photographed...before that there were only paintings. This tome covers so many aspects of her long reign such as ships she christened, places she visited, homes and castles she lived in, medals she awarded and designed, dresses she wore-and much much more. The book ends with her death and funeral, with a full compliment of photos depicting her casket on a gun carriage and her final resting place beside Prince Albert in their mausoleum at Frogmore, Windsor. I marveled at the detail given here of her deathbed, body preparation, and the secret instructions of what would be discreetly placed in her coffin. This wasn't a "heavy" read, which was a pleasure. It was simple and straightforward. If I wasn't interested in a topic (such as a particular ship) I could skim by it, look at the picture and move on. I read this as a protected pdf on my computer where I was really able to appreciate the photos. At just 240 pages, this was a concise presentation of the life of Queen Victoria.
Thank you to the publisher Pen & Sword / Frontline Books who provided an advance reader copy via NetGalley.