Becoming Victoria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
- Publish date: 05/01/2001
Based on a thorough exploration of the young Victoria's own letters, stories, drawings, educational materials, and journals -- documents that have been underappreciated until now -- the book illuminates the princess's childhood from her earliest years to her accession to the throne at age eighteen in 1837. Vallone presents a fresh assessment of "the rose of England" within the culture of girlhood and domestic life in the 1820s and 1830s. The author also explores the complex and often conflicting contexts of the period, including Georgian children's literature, conventional childrearing practices, domestic and familial intrigues, and the frequently turbulent political climate. Part biography, part historical and cultural study, this richly illustrated volume uncovers in fascinating detail the childhood that Victoria actually lived.
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