{"product_id":"2026200016445-secondhand-victoria-r-i","title":"Victoria R.I.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of one of history's most formidable reigns stands a woman of startling contradictions — a young girl who ascended the throne at eighteen and went on to rule an empire spanning a quarter of the globe for over sixty years. Elizabeth Longford's Victoria R.I. presents a sweeping, authoritative biography of Queen Victoria, tracing her life from a sheltered Kensington childhood through the triumphs and sorrows of her extraordinary reign, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert, and the long decades of grief-stricken widowhood that followed his death.\n\nLongford, celebrated for her meticulous archival research and her gift for vivid narrative, draws on a wealth of private correspondence, royal journals, and state papers to illuminate Victoria not merely as a monarch but as a mother, wife, and woman of fierce opinions. The biography stands as a landmark of 20th-century royal historiography, praised for humanising a figure who had long been reduced to imperial symbol, and it argues compellingly that Victoria's personal tenacity and emotional intensity shaped the very character of the age that bears her name. For anyone who believes they know the story of the Victorian era, Longford's portrait of its queen will prove an irresistible and revelatory surprise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336820138203,"sku":"2026200016445-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/db6dfab4-40cc-47b6-a1a8-8dcd10a7e448.png?v=1789958909","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016445-secondhand-victoria-r-i","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}