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—— Victoria’s Daughters, Stroud, Sutton, 1999
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Pope-Hennessy, James, Queen Mary, 1867–1953, Allen & Unwin, 1959
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St Aubyn, Giles, Edward VII, Prince and King, Collins, 1979
—— Queen Victoria: A Portrait, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1991
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—— More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands from 1862 to 1882, Smith, Elder, 1884
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—— The Letters of Queen Victoria: A Selection from Her Majesty’s Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861, ed. A.C. Benson and Viscount Esher, 3 vols, John Murray, 1907
—— The Letters of Queen Victoria, 2nd Series: A Selection from Her Majesty’s Correspondence and Journal between the Years 1862 and 1885, ed. George Earle Buckle, 3 vols, John Murray, 1926–8
—— The Letters of Queen Victoria, 3rd Series: A Selection from Her Majesty’s Correspondence and Journal between the Years 1886 and 1901, ed. George Earle Buckle, 3 vols, John Murray, 1930–2
—— Further Letters of Queen Victoria: From the Archives of the House of Brandenburg-Prussia, ed. Hector Bolitho, Thornton Butterworth, 1938
—— Dearest Child: Letters between Queen Victoria and the Princess Royal, 1858– 1861, ed. Roger Fulford, Evans Bros, 1964
—— Dearest Mama: Private Correspondence of Queen Victoria and the Crown Princess of Prussia, 1861–1864, ed. Roger Fulford, Evans Bros, 1968
—— Your Dear Letter: Private Correspondence of Queen Victoria and the Crown Princess of Russia, 1865–1871, ed. Roger Fulford, Evans Bros, 1971
—— Darling Child: Private Correspondence of Queen Victoria and the Crown Princess of Prussia, 1871–1878, ed. Roger Fulford, Evans Bros, 1976
—— Beloved Mama: Private Correspondence of Queen Victoria and the German Crown Princess, 1878–1885, ed. Roger Fulford, Evans Bros, 1981
—— Beloved and Darling Child: Last Letters between Queen Victoria and her Eldest Daughter, 1886–1901, ed. Agatha Ramm, Sutton, 1990
—— Advice to a Grand-daughter: Letters from Queen Victoria to Princess Victoria of Hesse, ed. Richard Hough, Heinemann, 1975
Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, C.F., St Petersburg and London, 1852–64, 2 vols, Longman, Green, 1887
Weintraub, Stanley, Disraeli: A Biography, Hamish Hamilton, 1993
—— The Importance of Being Edward: King in Waiting, 1841–1901, John Murray, 2000
—— Victoria: Biography of a Queen, Unwin Hyman, 1987
Wilson, A.N., The Victorians, Hutchinson, 2002
Woodham-Smith, Cecil, Queen Victoria, Her Life and Times: Volume One, 1819–1861, Hamish Hamilton, 1972
Zeepvat, Charlotte, Prince Leopold: The Untold Story of Queen Victoria’s Youngest Son, Stroud, Sutton, 1998
Journals and newspapers – articles
Callan, Paul, ‘Victoria fancied Albert (and quite a bit of the other) with a passion’. In Daily Express, 30.12.2000
Fenton, Ben, ‘Twice bereaved, Victoria’s secret suffering’ [after the death of John Brown]. In Daily Telegraph, 15.12.2004
Gibb, Frances, ‘Victoria and John Brown “married and had a child”’. In Daily Telegraph, 21.5.1979
Lamont-Brown, Raymond, ‘Queen Victoria’s “secret marriage”’ [the Queen and John Brown]. In Contemporary Review, December 2003
Stevas, Norman St John, ‘The “Great Asian Mystery” who captured Queen and Country’ [Disraeli]. In Sunday Express Magazine, 12.4.1981
Journals – general references
Contemporary Review
Daily Express
Daily Telegraph
Manchester Guardian
Punch
Royalty Digest
Saturday Review
Sunday Express Magazine
The Times
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