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Serving Victoria : life in the royal household / by Kate Hubbard.
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9780701183684 (hbk.)
0701183683 (hbk.)
9781409027850 (ebook)
1409027856 (ebook)
Name
Hubbard, Kate, 1963-
Title
Serving Victoria : life in the royal household / by Kate Hubbard.
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London : Chatto & Windus, 2012.
Description
xii, 417 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-396) and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 `A queen is a very happy woman' -- 1.Windsor 1838 -- 2.A Scandal and a Crisis -- 3.`Love rules the court' -- 4.Sarah Lyttelton: Superintendent of the Nursery -- 5.Charlotte Canning: Lady of the Bedchamber -- 6.`Gone afloat' -- 7.Osborne -- 8.In the Highlands -- 9.`The object of Education' -- 10.Departures -- 11.Mary Ponsonby: Maid-of-Honour -- 12.Glimpses of Abroad -- 13.Three Deaths -- pt. 2 `My heart is utterly and completely broken' -- 14.`Someone to lean on' -- 15.Henry Ponsonby: Private Secretary -- 16.Balmorality -- 17.Eastern Questions and Domestic Affairs -- 18.James Reid: Resident Medical Attendant -- 19.Randall Davidson: Dean of Windsor -- 20.Spring Holidays -- 21.Household Bothers -- 22.The Year of the Munshi -- 23.Accommodating Bipps -- 24.`A last look'.
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This is a perfect foil to the pomp and circumstance . and prudery and conservatism . associated with Victoria.s reign, and gives an unforgettable glimpse of what it meant to serve the Queen.
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Victoria -- Empress, consort of Frederick III, German Emperor,1840-1901 -- Employees
Victoria -- Empress, consort of Frederick III, German Emperor,1840-1901
Royal households -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography
Household employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography
Courts and courtiers -- History -- 19th century -- Biography
Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography
Biography
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Courts and courtiers -- History -- 19th century -- Biography
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Household employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography
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Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Royal households -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography
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Victoria -- Empress, consort of Frederick III, German Emperor, -- 1840-1901
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Victoria -- Empress, consort of Frederick III, German Emperor, -- 1840-1901 -- Employees
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