Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1

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Author

Tytler, Sarah, 1827-1914

Credits

Produced by Arjan Moraal, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

Category

Text

eBook-No.

6910

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6910

Release Date

November 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LIFE OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS — VOL. I.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. SIXTY-THREE YEARS SINCE. — CHAPTER II CHILDHOOD. — CHAPTER III. YOUTH. — CHAPTER IV. THE ACCESSION. — CHAPTER V. THE PROROGUING OF PARLIAMENT, THE VISIT TO GUILDHALL, AND THE CORONATION. — CHAPTER VI. THE MAIDEN QUEEN. — CHAPTER VII. THE BETROTHAL. — CHAPTER VIII. THE MARRIAGE. — CHAPTER IX. A ROYAL PAIR. — CHAPTER X. ROYAL OCCUPATIONS.—AN ATTEMPT ON THE QUEEN'S LIFE. — CHAPTER XI THE FIRST CHRISTENING.—THE SEASON OF 1841. — CHAPTER XII. BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.—THE AFGHAN DISASTERS.—VISIT OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA.—"THE QUEEN'S PLANTAGENET BALL." — CHAPTER XIII. FRESH ATTEMPTS AGAINST THE QUEEN'S LIFE.—MENDELSSOHN.—DEATH OF THE DUC D'ORLEANS. — CHAPTER XIV. THE QUEEN'S FIRST VISIT TO SCOTLAND. — CHAPTER XV. A MARRIAGE, A DEATH, AND A BIRTH IN THE ROYAL FAMILY.—A PALACE HOME. — CHAPTER XVI. THE CONDEMNATION OF THE ENGLISH DUEL.—ANOTHER MARRIAGE.—THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO CHATEAU D'EU. — CHAPTER XVII. THE QUEEN'S TRIP TO OSTEND:—VISITS TO DRAYTON, CHATSWORTH, AND BELVOIR. — CHAPTER XVIII. ALLIES FROM AFAR.—DEATH AND ABSENCE.—BIRTHDAY GREETINGS. — CHAPTER XIX. ROYAL VISITORS.—THE BIRTH OP PRINCE ALFRED.—A NORTHERN RETREAT. — CHAPTER XX. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S VISIT.—THE OPENING OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.

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