A magnificent obsession : Victoria, Albert, and the death that changed the British monarchy / Helen Rappaport.

Uses Royal Archives sources to examine how the untimely death of Prince Albert plunged both his queen and the nation into a profound state of grief that reshaped the British monarchy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rappaport, Helen
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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Physical Description:xvi, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Christmas 1860 -- Albert the Good. 'The treadmill of never-ending business' ; 'The first real blow of misfortune' ; 'Fearfully in want of a true friend' ; 'Our most precious invalid' ; 'Day turned into night' ; 'Our great national calamity' ; 'Will they do him justice now?' ; 'How will the Queen bear it?' -- The broken-hearted widow. 'All alone!' ; 'The luxury of woe' ; 'A married daughter I must have living with me' ; 'god knows how I want so much to be taken care of' ; 'The Queen is invisible' ; 'Heaven has sent us this dispensation to save us' ; Albertopolis -- Christmas 1878 -- Appendix. What killed Prince Albert? 
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