Queen Victoria by Dorothy Thompson

Queen Victoria by Dorothy Thompson

Queen Victoria came to the throne almost without resources, under threat from republicanism, in a period of social, political and economic turbulence. She died, having revived the failing image of the British monarchy, head of one of the world's richest families. Victoria was the first monarch in British history to combine the "public" role of head of state with the "private" one of wife and mother. Alone among married women, she was not governed by laws which involved surrendering both name and fortune to one's husband. Yet she herself did not support the movement for women's rights and the dominant image which she eventually left was at best an ambivalent one for women.

Dorothy Thompson's writings have reached millions of people in her home nation, Canada, and beyond the world. Her columns appear in almost a hundred newspapers three times a week. She is a Syracuse University graduate who is well-known in various intellectual circles. She is a Russell Sage College, Syracuse University, and St. John's University honorary graduate. Lawrence University, Tufts College, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, and Oberlin College are among the best colleges in the country.

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ISBN 13	9780860687733
ISBN 10	0860687732
Title	Queen Victoria
Author	Dorothy Thompson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	1987-12-31
Number of pages	167
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