Queen Victoria and her prime ministers : her life, the imperial ideal, and the politics and turmoil that shaped her extraordinary reign / Anne Somerset.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Somerset, Anne, 1955- author.

Standardized Title:

Plagued with politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.

Great Britain.

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901--Relations with prime ministers.

Victoria.

Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

630 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First United States edition.

Other Title:

Queen Victoria & her prime ministers

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

Summary:

"A riveting portrait of Queen Victoria and the ten prime ministers who headed the British government during her sixty-three-year reign"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Lord Melbourne 1837-1841

Sir Robert Peel 1841-1846

Lord John Russell 1846-1852

Lord Derby; Lord Aberdeen 1852-1855

Lord Palmerston; Lord Derby; Lord Palmerston 1855-1861

Lord Palmerston 1861-1865

Lord Russell; Lord Derby; Mr Disraeli 1865-1868

Mr Gladstone 1868-1874

Mr Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) 1874-1880

Mr Gladstone 1880-1885

Lord Salisbury; Mr Gladstone 1885-1886

Lord Salisbury 1886-1892

Mr Gladstone; Lord Rosebery 1892-1895

Lord Salisbury 1895-1901

Conclusion

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book." -- title page verso.

Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain under the title Plagued With Politics by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, in 2024.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-602) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beerman Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781101875575

1101875577

OCLC:

1427662307