Victoria in love : the private passion of a queen / Fern Riddell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riddell, Fern, author.

Contributor:

Pegasus Books, Ltd., publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Queens--Great Britain--Biography.

Queens.

Man-woman relationships.

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.

Victoria.

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901--Friends and associates.

Brown, John, 1826-1883.

Brown, John.

Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 380 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus Books cloth edition.

Other Title:

Private passion of a queen

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2026.

Summary:

"From the moment John Brown arrived as a servant to Queen Victoria's household, he became known across the land as her loyal companion, her fierce protector, and her right-hand man: their friendship immortalized in print and later onscreen. But what if there was more to their relationship than we know? And what has history been hiding from us? Rumors have swirled around this relationship for years as historians have attempted to bring the truth to light. Now for the first time, Dr. Fern Riddell reexamines everything we thought we knew about one of Britain's most iconic women--and queens. Through unearthing groundbreaking new evidence, Riddell challenges the prevalent image of Victoria as a grieving widow to create a compelling human portrait of a woman in passionate midlife." -- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Author's note

Family tree

Scotland, 1863

The rumours

The young Victoria

'Her Majesty's own idea'

Victoria & Albert

'I write to you with a heavy heart'

'The fascinating Johnny Brown'

'No-one loves you more'

Mrs Brown

The Fenians

The Lady of the Lake

The queen's stallion

Assassins all around

'What you are to me'

A Highland queen

'If sovereign were a man'

'Darling one ... every your own devoted'

'The bright, the brave, the tend and the true'

Bertie and Beatrice burn it all

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798897100972

OCLC:

1588483030

Publisher Number:

90104394546