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“With Bertie's illness, Victoria's return to her best self, the self she had lost in Albert, had begun.”
― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
“To Victoria's evident distaste, [Prime Minister William] Gladstone made no concessions to her femininity. He treated her just like a man, or else 'as a competent and intelligent head of state'.”
― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
“Even at rock bottom, when her doctors had thought she would go mad with grief, Victoria had spoken of endurance. She was 'determined', she wrote, that as a widow 'no one person, may he be ever so good ... is to lead, or guide, or dictate to me'.”
― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
“The next draft of a bill outlining the punishments for homosexuality must omit all mention of females; it was unnecessary for 'women don't do such things'.”
― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
“This bonnet, worn with resolution, had caused some upset. Her government had asked its queen to appear more ... queenly. 'The symbol that unties this vast Empire is a Crown not a bonnet,' complained Lord Roseberry. But Victoria stoutly refused, and 'the bonnet triumphed'.”
― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
― Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
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Emma’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Emma’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
709 books
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10 friends
143 books
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24 friends
35 books
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7 friends
153 books
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1 friend
29 books
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3 friends
93 books
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7 friends
263 books
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3 friends
347 books
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9 friends
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