A vivid portrait of one of Britain's greatest monarchs, this book chronicles Queen Victoria's life from her ascent to the throne at the age of 18, through her long and eventful reign, to her death in 1901. Rusk's engaging and informative narrative captures the spirit of a bygone era and sheds light on the many ways in which Victoria helped shape modern Britain. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is...