- Title:
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Victoria: The Woman Who Made the Modern World (MP3)
- Written by:
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Julia Baird
- Read by:
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Clare Fraenkel
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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18 hours 18 minutes
- MP3 size:
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664 MB
- Published:
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June 28 2018
- Available Date:
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June 28 2018
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781460796795
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Biography; British; Historical
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/HarperCollins audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Shortlisted Australian Book Industry Award / Biography of the Year 2017
Shortlisted NSW Premier's Literary Awards / History 2017
The extraordinary story of the world's most influential, intriguing and surprising ruler, Queen Victoria.
Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth in 1819, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. Born into a world where women were often powerless, Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisive hand. As a teenage queen, she eagerly grasped the crown. She loved sex and delighted in power. She was outspoken with her ministers. She gave birth to nine children and survived eight assassination attempts over the course of her lifetime. And as science, technology, and democracy were dramatically reshaping the world, Victoria was a symbol of steadfastness and security – queen of a quarter of the world’s population at the height of the British Empire’s reach.
Drawing on previously unpublished papers, Julia Baird brings vividly to life the fascinating story of a woman who struggled with so many of the things we do today: balancing work and family, raising children, navigating marital strife, combating anxiety, searching for meaning. This vivid, intelligent and spirited biography gives us the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen – a Victoria for our times, a Victoria who endured.
'Julia Baird's exquisitely wrought and meticulously researched biography brushes the dusty myth off this extraordinary monarch. Right out of the gate, the book thrums with authority as Baird builds her portrayal of Victoria. Overturning stereotypes, she rips this queen down to the studs and creates her anew.'
The New York Times