The Life and Times of Queen Victoria (Vol. 1-4)
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Robert Thomas Wilson. The Life and Times of Queen Victoria (Vol. 1-4)
The Life and Times of Queen Victoria (Vol. 1-4)
Table of Contents
VOLUME 1
CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS OF THE PRINCESS VICTORIA
CHAPTER II. EARLY EVENTS OF THE NEW REIGN
CHAPTER III. THE DIFFICULTIES OF A YOUNG SOVEREIGN
CHAPTER IV. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER V. THE FIRST YEAR OF MARRIED LIFE
CHAPTER VI. TROUBLES IN THE STATE, AND HAPPINESS AT HOME
CHAPTER VII. CONVULSIONS IN THE EAST
CHAPTER VIII. THE ADMINISTRATION OF SIR ROBERT PEEL
CHAPTER IX. IRELAND, RUSSIA, AND FRANCE
CHAPTER X. DAYS OF PEACEFUL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS
CHAPTER XI. ENGLAND IN 1845
CHAPTER XII. THE MINISTRY OF RENUNCIATION
CHAPTER XIII. THE FREE TRADE PARLIAMENT
CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST RUSSELL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER XV. HOME LIFE AND SOCIAL EVENTS IN 1846
CHAPTER XVI. A DISTRESSFUL COUNTRY
CHAPTER XVII. THE COURT AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
CHAPTER XVIII. REVOLUTION
CHAPTER XIX. AT WORK AND PLAY
CHAPTER XX. DISCONTENTED DEPENDENCIES
VOLUME 2
CHAPTER XXI. COLONIAL HOME RULE AND FINANCIAL REFORM
CHAPTER XXII. FAMILY CARES AND ROYAL DUTIES
CHAPTER XXIII. CLOUDS IN THE EAST AND ELSEWHERE
CHAPTER XXIV. SOME EPOCH-MARKING LEGISLATION
CHAPTER XXV. FALL OF THE WHIG CABINET
CHAPTER XXVI. THE FESTIVAL OF PEACE AND THE COUP D’ÉTAT
CHAPTER XXVII. A YEAR OF EXCITEMENT AND PANIC
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE LAST YEAR OF “THE GREAT PEACE.”
CHAPTER XXIX. DRIFTING TO WAR
CHAPTER XXX. WAR
CHAPTER XXXI. PARTY GOVERNMENT AND WAR
CHAPTER XXXII. ROYALTY AND THE WAR
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE END OF THE WAR
CHAPTER XXXIV. PEACE AND PARLIAMENT
CHAPTER XXXV. TWO LITTLE WARS AND A “PENAL DISSOLUTION.”
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE INDIAN MUTINY
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE
VOLUME 3
CHAPTER I. LORD DERBY’S SECOND ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER II. THE ITALIAN REVOLUTION
CHAPTER III. THE COURT AND THE CABINET
CHAPTER IV. THE DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT
CHAPTER V. WAR AND FAMINE
CHAPTER VI. THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES
CHAPTER VII. LORD PALMERSTON’S LAST CONTEST WITH THE QUEEN
CHAPTER VIII. THE DANISH WAR
CHAPTER IX. THE HEIR-PRESUMPTIVE
CHAPTER X. THE DEATH OF PALMERSTON
CHAPTER XI. A STOP-GAP ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER XII. THE TIDE OF DEMOCRACY
CHAPTER XIII. THE NEW ERA OF REFORM
CHAPTER XIV. A HOPEFUL YEAR
CHAPTER XV. FALL OF THE SECOND EMPIRE
VOLUME 4
CHAPTER XVI. THE ILLNESS OF THE PRINCE OF WALES
CHAPTER XVII. THE “ALABAMA” CLAIMS
CHAPTER XVIII. GOVERNMENT UNDER DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER XIX. THE CONSERVATIVE REACTION
CHAPTER XX. EMPRESS OF INDIA
CHAPTER XXI. THE REIGN OF JINGOISM
CHAPTER XXII. PEACE WHERE THERE IS NO PEACE
CHAPTER XXIII. FALL OF LORD BEACONSFIELD
CHAPTER XXIV. COERCION
CHAPTER XXV. ENGLAND IN EGYPT
CHAPTER XXVI. THE INVINCIBLES
CHAPTER XXVII. GENERAL GORDON’S MISSION
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE NEW DEPARTURE
CHAPTER XXIX. THE BATTLE OF THE UNION
CHAPTER XXX. THE JUBILEE
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Historical Account of United Kingdom 1837-1901 (Illustrated Edition)
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THE QUEEN’S FIRST COUNCIL. (After the Painting by Sir David Wilkie). (See p. 19.)
Water, the Royal yacht, which had been towed from Cowes by a steamer, was met by a deputation from the corporation of the town, the members of which were stationed on board an eight-oared barge, with one of the town-sergeants bearing a silver oar. To the address of this deputation, the Duchess of Kent replied that she wished her daughter to become attached, at an early age, to works of utility—an attachment which, in later life, her Majesty has exhibited on many interesting occasions. The distinguished visitors were then rowed ashore, and entertained at luncheon; after which, the Duchess of Kent signified her pleasure that the new pier should be called the Royal Pier.
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