{"product_id":"9781473651418","title":"Queen Victoria : Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Worsley, Lucy, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 16\/05\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 528 pages, 2 x 8 page colour illustrations,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Hodder Paperback,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton General Division,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Biography: historical political \u0026amp; military, Biography: royalty, British \u0026amp; Irish history, British monarchy\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781473651418\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWho was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black? She was also a passionate young princess who loved dancing. And there is also a third Victoria, the brilliant queen, one who invented a new role for the monarchy. Victoria found a way of ruling when people were deeply uncomfortable with having a woman on the throne.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer image as a conventional daughter, wife and widow concealed the reality of a talented, instinctive politician. Her actions, if not her words, reveal that she was tearing up the rules on how to be female. But the price of this was deep personal pain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy looking in detail at twenty-four days of her life, through diaries, letters and more, we meet Queen Victoria up-close and personal. Living with her from hour to hour, we can see and celebrate the contradictions that make up British history's most recognisable woman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022366769305,"sku":"9781473651418","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781473651418.jpg?v=1602538137","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781473651418","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}