{"product_id":"victoria-victorious-queens-of-england-9780449212516","title":"Victoria Victorious (Queens of England)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this unforgettable novel of Queen Victoria  Jean Plaidy re-creates a remarkable life filled with romance  triumph  and tragedy.  At birth  Princess Victoria was fourth in line for the throne of England  the often-overlooked daughter of a prince who died shortly after her birth. She and her mother lived in genteel poverty for most of her childhood  exiled from court because of her mothers dislike of her uncles  George IV and William IV. A strong  willful child  Victoria was determined not to be stifled by her powerful uncles or her unpopular  controlling mother. Then one morning  at the age of eighteen  Princess Victoria awoke to the news of her uncle Williams death. The almost-forgotten princess was now Queen of England. Even better  she was finally free of her mothers iron hand and her uncles manipulations. Her first act as queen was to demand that she be given a roomand a bedof her own.  Victorias marriage to her German cousin  Prince Albert  was a blissfully happy one that produced nine children. Albert was her constant companion and one of her most trusted advisors. Victorias grief after Prince Alberts untimely death was so shattering that for the rest of her lifenearly forty yearsshe dressed only in black. She survived several assassination attempts  and during her reign Englands empire expanded around the globe until it touched every continent in the world.  Derided as a mere girl queen at her coronation  by the end of her sixty-four-year reign  Victoria embodied the glory of the British Empire. In this novel  written as a memoir by Victoria herself  she emerges as truthful  sentimental  and essentially humanboth a lovable woman and a great queen.  From the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45792606683189,"sku":"ByrdShop_0449212513","price":67.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780449212516_05db2381-e480-49f3-8a81-ad08ba652699.jpg?v=1784755412","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/victoria-victorious-queens-of-england-9780449212516","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}