Prince Albert : the man who saved the monarchy / A.N. Wilson.

In this companion biography to the acclaimed "Victoria", A.N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the royal consort's birth. "For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great empire at the height of its p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, A. N., 1950- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Albert, > Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, > 1819-1861.
Albert, > Prince Consort of Victoria, reine de Grande-Bretagne, > 1819-1861.
Princes > Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Princes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1837-1901 (Victoria)
HISTORY / Europe / General.
HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
Princes.
Great Britain.
Great Britain > History.
1837-1901
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:xvii, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Man who saved the monarchy
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Princess Beatrice's war work
  • His mother
  • The Wettins
  • Childhood: "Tout rappelle l'homme à ses devoirs"
  • "These dearest beloved cousins" : Albert's first visit to England
  • European journeys
  • A somewhat rough experience
  • Unbounded influence
  • Public art, public life
  • Neptune resigning his empire to Britannia
  • Malthusian calamity
  • Cambridge
  • The year of revolutions
  • Balmoral
  • The Great Exhibition of 1851 : the making of the modern world
  • The Great Exhibition : "so vast, so glorious"
  • Stormy weather
  • The Prince Consort at last
  • King in all but name
  • The care and work begin
  • She was the strong one.