The widowhood of Queen Victoria

About this eBook

Author

Jerrold, Clare, 1861-1937

Original Publication

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916.

Credits

Aaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

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

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79779

Release Date

October 13, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WIDOWHOOD OF QUEEN VICTORIA
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — PART I THE GREAT MISTAKE — CHAPTER I THE QUEEN ALONE — CHAPTER II A PRINCE IN BONDAGE — CHAPTER III THE QUEEN’S CHILDREN — CHAPTER IV A STRONG PRUSSIA — CHAPTER V FAMILY GAINS AND LOSSES — CHAPTER VI ROYAL SECLUSION — CHAPTER VII SUBJECTS IN REVOLT — CHAPTER VIII TWO PRIME MINISTERS — CHAPTER IX THE BELOVED GERMANY — CHAPTER X FOR MONEY, MONEY’S WORTH — CHAPTER XI THE WIDOW IN THE HIGHLANDS — CHAPTER XII FAMILY JARS — PART II IMPERIALISM — CHAPTER XIII YACHTS IN THE SOLENT — CHAPTER XIV QUEEN-EMPRESS — CHAPTER XV A STRAIN UPON LOYALTY — CHAPTER XVI ANGER AND MORTIFICATION — CHAPTER XVII “JOHN BROWN’S BODY” — CHAPTER XVIII THE GERMAN INVASION — CHAPTER XIX “SHE OUGHT TO BE WHIPPED” — CHAPTER XX GLADSTONE AGAIN, ALAS! — CHAPTER XXI THE QUEEN ALIVE ONCE MORE — CHAPTER XXII THE CROWN PRINCESS — CHAPTER XXIII IMPERIAL GROWTH — CHAPTER XXIV NEARLY AN AUTOCRAT — CHAPTER XXV THE APOTHEOSIS OF QUEEN VICTORIA
5. 5.INDEX
6. 6.FOOTNOTES:

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