Download or read book The British Empire and Queen Victoria in World History written by Catherine Bernard and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the rule of Queen Victoria, the longest-reigning British monarch, who brought Great Britain to the height of its power, building a great colonial empire while enjoying industrial expansion at home.

Download or read book Queen Victoria The Grand Architect of an Empire written by ChatStick Team and published by ChatStick Team. This book was released on 2024-08-17 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 👑 Queen Victoria: The Grand Architect of an Empire 👑 Step into the world of Queen Victoria, the monarch who transformed the British Empire and left an indelible mark on history. In "Queen Victoria: The Grand Architect of an Empire," the ChatStick Team brings to life the story of a queen who reigned for over six decades, navigating an era of unparalleled change and expansion. 📖✨ 🌟 Inside This Book: The Rise of a Monarch: Explore Victoria's ascent to the throne and how she became the symbol of a new age of British power and influence. 🏰🌍 Empire Building: Discover the strategic decisions that led to the vast expansion of the British Empire during her reign. 🗺️🔍 The Industrial Revolution: Learn about the technological innovations and industrial growth that defined the Victorian era. 🚂🔧 Social and Political Reforms: Uncover the significant changes in society and politics, from labor laws to women's rights, during Victoria's time. 📜🗳️ Cultural Renaissance: Delve into the flourishing of arts, literature, and fashion that made the Victorian era unique. 🎨📚👗 Personal Insights: Gain an intimate understanding of Victoria's relationships with key figures, her family, and the public. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦❤️ Legacy: Reflect on the lasting impact of Queen Victoria’s reign on modern Britain and the world. 🌐📖 Whether you're a history lover, a fan of royal biographies, or curious about the Victorian era, "Queen Victoria: The Grand Architect of an Empire" offers a comprehensive and engaging narrative that will captivate and inform. Unlock the secrets of a queen who ruled an empire! 📚👑✨

Download or read book Queen Victoria written by E Gordon Brown and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2010-06-16 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, a contemporary account from the time, chronicles the life of Queen Victoria (1819 to 1901). She married all nine of her children into the royal houses of Europe, gave her name to an era, ruled over England at a time of great change, survived assassination attempts, became the longest reigning monarch and more. This excellent book is a fascinating read about the woman behind the British Empire.

Download or read book An ABC of Queen Victoria s Empire written by Antoinette Burton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ABC of Queen Victoria's Empire offers a provocative rewriting of Mrs. Ernest Ames' ABCs for Baby Patriots (1899). Whimsically illustrated for the nursery or primary school child, Ames' book demonstrates how deeply imperialism reached into popular culture during Victoria's reign. This book presents a rather darker view of Victoria's empire, beginning with the wars in Afghanistan and ending with Zam-Zammeh, the large-bore cannon that Kipling's hero sat astride at the opening of his 1901 novel, Kim. It signposts some of the key events, concepts, places and people that shaped the turbulent ground of empire across the long 19th century, providing a serious counterweight to the notion of imperial conquest as child's play. With each letter accompanied by a crisp yet historically nuanced account of its subject, this unique account is the perfect primer for students taking courses on global, imperial and British history.

Download or read book A History of England Anne to Victoria written by H. O. Arnold-Forster and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-03-24 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, which is a portion of a book that was used in Charlotte Mason's schools for English History, contains the history of Britain from the reign of Queen Anne through the reign of Queen Victoria. "A small book, written in simple language, sufficiently full to serve for reference, and at the same time sufficiently interesting to be read as well as to be consulted, and a book within the reach of all in matter of price, is what very many men and women, both young and old, undoubtedly require. To supply such a book has been the sole aim of the author." -H. O. Arnold-Forster Originally published before 1923, it tells of characters and events which are worthy of study today. "It is a great thing to possess a pageant of history in the background of one's thoughts...the present becomes enriched with the wealth of all that has gone before." (Charlotte Mason)

Download or read book The Victorian Empire and Britain s Maritime World 1837 1901 written by M. Taylor and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging new survey of the role of the sea in Britain's global presence in the 19th century. Mostly at peace, but sometimes at war, Britain grew as a maritime empire in the Victorian era. This collection looks at British sea-power as a strategic, moral and cultural force.

Download or read book In the Days of Queen Victoria written by Eva March Tappan and published by . This book was released on 2023-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Days of Queen Victoria' by Eva March Tappan offers a vivid and engaging look at the life and reign of one of Britain's most iconic monarchs. From her early years and ascension to the throne to her relationships and influence on the British Empire, this book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of Queen Victoria's remarkable life. Tappan's writing brings the Victorian era to life, highlighting the cultural, political, and social changes that marked the period. Readers will gain insights into the Queen's personal struggles, her enduring love for Prince Albert, and her role in shaping a nation. With its blend of historical accuracy and storytelling flair, 'In the Days of Queen Victoria' is a fascinating read for history enthusiasts, royal watchers, and anyone interested in understanding the woman behind the crown.

Download or read book Queen Victoria Her Life and Reign written by John Castell Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Victoria. One of the most famous women in British history... The only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, Alexandrina Victoria became the heir-apparent to the English throne upon her father's death and ascended the throne at the age of eighteen, in 1837. Reigning for over sixty years Victoria lent her name to a period of history that spanned nearly three-quarters of a century and saw marked change in England as well as around the world in industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military matters. As the ruler of the British Empire, Victoria played a role in the global domination of British interests in the nineteenth century. Domestically Victoria formed Victorian era conceptions of the ideal roles of wife and mother. Her marriage to Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, generally considered a love match, was notable for Victoria's desire to be a wife to her husband, even as she wielded the reins of enormous power in her position as Queen. Queen Victoria's influence reached beyond the boundaries of British-controlled regions and into virtually every country in Europe due to the fact that many of her nine children married into royal or noble European families. These alliances created deep-seated links between the major powers of the late nineteenth century, opening lines of communication even during times of war. At the time of her death, she had sixty-six direct descendants. John Castell Hopkins's account of Victoria's life covers a wide range of material over the course of her six-decade reign, including her relationships with her beloved husband and many children and grandchildren, and the devastating premature loss of so many of her relations; as well as her political and diplomatic connections with Canada, Australia, South Africa, India, and the United States of America. John Castell Hopkins (1854-1923) was born to British parents but grew up in Canada. He worked as a clerk, associate editor, and writer and produced around forty books and pamphlets in a three-decade span, including the first encyclopaedia on Canada. His suspicion of the United States and championing of British imperialism is apparent in much of his work.

Download or read book Queen Victoria s Army written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading World domination is a vision most kings, queens, and emperors can only dream of, and is a path less visited for good reason. It is one that requires above all, patience, as well as skill, tenacity, and an impenetrable plan of action. The only one to ever come close to this impossible level of prestige is the legendary British Empire. It was under the reign of King Henry VII of England that this ambitious idea of global expansion was first planted. In March of 1496, the king granted an exploratory charter to John Cabot, who would pilot a successful voyage that resulted in the occupation of an uninhabited island in Newfoundland. Though Cabot's second voyage ended in disaster, the courage and will he displayed during these endeavors inspired English explorers to organize more ventures and take to the seas themselves, as they hoped to see just how far they could push the envelope. Today, the British Army is one of the most powerful fighting forces in the world. Its highly trained professional soldiers are equipped with the most advanced military technology ever made. Its international interventions, while controversial both at home and abroad, are carried out with incredible professionalism and little loss of life among British servicemen and servicewomen. Naturally, the history and traditions behind this army are also impressive. Britain has not been successfully invaded in centuries. Its soldiers once created and defended a global empire, and during the Second World War, it was one of the leading nations standing against the brutal Axis forces, leading the way in the greatest seaborne invasion in military history. During the 19th century, Britain was at the height of its power, having proven its strength against Napoleon and emerging as one of the most respected military and political players in Europe. As the Industrial Revolution took hold, its factories and mines drove a staggering period of economic and technological growth. A global empire, supported by the might of the Royal Navy, provided the raw materials and markets the economy needed, as well as military bases and political influence in every corner of the globe. Success was a self-fulfilling prophecy, and Britain's economic and military might let the nation expand its power, absorbing more territory and resources. This ensured the need for a substantial army, as well as the need for the resources to maintain it, but it was not all smooth sailing. There were challenges to be met and periods of complacency to overcome. Queen Victoria's Army: The History of the British Army during the Victorian Era examines the history of the British Army in the late 19th century. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the British Army during the Victorian Era like never before.

Download or read book Victoria the Queen written by Julia Woodlands Baird and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The race to the crown -- The birth of "pocket Hercules"--The lonely, naughty princess -- An impossible, strange madness -- "Awful scenes in the house"--Becoming queen: "I shall not fail" -- The coronation: "a dream out of the Arabian nights" -- Learning to rule -- A scandal in the palace -- Virago in love -- The bride: "I never, never spent such an evening" -- Only the husband, not the master -- The palace intruders -- King to all intents: "like a vulture into his prey" -- Perfect, awful, spotless prosperity -- Annus Mirabilis: the revolutionary year -- What Albert did: the Great Exhibition of 1851 -- The Crimea: 'This unsatisfactory war' -- London boils over -- Royal parents: "everything passes so quickly!" -- "Who will call me Victoria now?" -- "The whole house seems like Pompeii." -- Resuscitating the widow at Windsor -- The queen's stallion -- The faery queen awakes -- Enough to kill any man -- Two ironclads colliding: the queen and Mr. Gladstone -- The monarch in a bonnet -- The "poor munshi" -- The diamond empire -- The end of the Victorian Age - "The streets were indeed a strange sight

Download or read book 101 Amazing Facts about Queen Victoria written by Jack Goldstein and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that Queen Victoria could speak five different languages? Or that her closest childhood friend was a King Charles spaniel by the name of Dash? What did she ask staff to do instead of knocking on her door? And how did she deliberately annoy Prime Minister William Gladstone? All of these facts and more can be found in this fantastic guide to the long-reigning monarch and Empress of India. This book is perfect for those studying Queen Victoria at school, or even for those who are just interested in learning more about one of history's most fascinating figures.

Download or read book The Cambridge History of the British Empire written by John Holland Rose and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1929 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Queen Victoria written by Susan Kingsley Kent and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of The World in a Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Queen Victoria. As one of the longest reigning monarchs in British history, Queen Victoria gave her name to an age filled with enormous possibilities and perplexing contradictions. At the time of Victoria's birth, Britain ruled over what was fast becoming the greatest empire in the world, containing millions of non-white, non-Christian peoples. During her childhood and youth, the kingdom itself became transformed from one dominated by landed aristocrats to one governed according to the principles of bourgeois liberalism. The royal family served as the most visible symbol of domesticity, while at the same time Victoria's very position as queen defied the ideology of separate spheres upon which domesticity rested. Victoria, the ruler of millions of people, opposed women participating in politics or public life. She believed women's suffrage to be a "wicked folly" and a violation of God's laws. She never gave up that belief, even as the fledging feminist movement of mid-century matured and grew to the size of a mass movement by the end of the century. And yet she reigned, with little thought of the contradictions that entailed. We live in a global age where big concepts like "globalization" often tempt us to forget the personal side of the past. The titles in The World in a Life series aim to revive these meaningful lives. Each one shows us what it was like to live on a world historical stage. Brief, inexpensive, and thematic, each book can be read in a week, fit within a wide range of curricula, and shed insight into a particular place or time. Four to six short primary sources at the end of each volume sharpen the reader's view of an individual's impact on world history.

Download or read book An ABC of Queen Victoria s Empire written by Antoinette M. Burton and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An alphabet of the darker side of Queen Victoria's reign, covering key events, concepts, places and people that shaped the British empire over the long 19th century"--

Download or read book Queen Victoria written by Charles V. Reed and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2025-01-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Victoria reigned over a period that took her name and over an “empire on which the sun never set.” While countless volumes have been written about the Great Queen, recent scholarly work has meaningfully explored the queen’s and the monarchy’s place and role in Britain’s global empire as well as the place of the monarchy and the queen in the complex, and often brutal, history of British imperialism. The long story of Victoria is the story of multiple Victorias over the course of a long reign who was employed as a symbol of benevolent British rule, who engaged (some of) her colonial subjects with interest and even empathy, but who also supported and advocated for the worst excesses of British warfare and expansion. Queen Victoria: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works explores the queen as well as the people, events, and ideas that shaped the life of the second-longest-reigning monarch in British history. It features a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and over 100 cross referenced dictionary entries. It gives particular attention to the imperial and global impact of the queen’s rule and her engagement with various colonial subjects across the globe.

Download or read book Queen Victoria written by E Gordon Browne M a and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 - 22 January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India. Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and King George III died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She inherited the throne at the age of 18, after her father's three elder brothers had all died leaving no legitimate, surviving children. The United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy, in which the Sovereign held relatively little direct political power. Privately, Victoria attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments. Publicly, she became a national icon, and was identified with strict standards of personal morality. Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840. Their nine children married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe." After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances. As a result of her seclusion, republicanism temporarily gained strength, but in the latter half of her reign, her popularity recovered. Her Golden and Diamond Jubilees were times of public celebration. Her reign of 63 years and seven months, which is longer than that of any other British monarch and the longest of any female monarch in history, is known as the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. She was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover. Her son and successor, Edward VII, belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the line of his father.

Download or read book Queen Victoria written by Paula Bartley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-05 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paula Bartley’s Queen Victoria examines Victorian Britain from the perspective of the Queen. Victoria’s personal and political actions are discussed in relation to contemporary shifts in Britain’s society, politics and culture, examining to what extent they did – or did not – influence events throughout her reign. Drawing from contemporary sources, including Queen Victoria’s own diaries, as well as the most recent scholarship, the book contextualises Victoria historically by placing her in the centre of an unparalleled period of innovation and reform, in which the social and political landscape of Britain, and its growing empire, was transformed. Balancing Victoria’s private and public roles, it will examine the cultural paradox of the Queen’s rule in relation to the changing role of women: she was a devoted wife, prolific mother and obsessive widow, who was also Queen of a large Empire and Empress of India. Marrying cultural history, gender history and other histories ‘from below’ with high politics, war and diplomacy, this is a concise and accessible introduction to Queen Victoria’s life for students of Victorian Britain and the British Empire.