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Victoria Confesses (9781442422469)

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by Meyer, Carolyn


  1824—Fidi’s German governess, Louise Lehzen, becomes governess to Victoria

  1828—In February, Fidi marries Ernst Hohenlohe-Langenburg and moves to Germany

  1830—King George IV dies; William, duke of Clarence, succeeds; Victoria is next in line of succession

  1831—Victoria’s first public appearance at court

  1832—Victoria, age 13, begins keeping a journal

  1833—Victoria, age 14, begins royal progresses arranged by John Conroy

  1834—Fidi’s first visit in 6 years; Lady Flora Hastings becomes Victoria’s chaperone

  1835—Victoria, age 16, confirmed in Church of England; suffers severe illness

  1836—visit from German cousins Ernest and Albert, for Victoria’s 17th birthday

  1837—tension with mother and John Conroy increases; Victoria turns 18 and comes of age; on June 20, King William IV dies, and Victoria becomes queen; meets with Lord Melbourne, prime minister; moves to Buckingham Palace; appoints her attendants

  1838—On June 28, Victoria crowned queen

  1839—Victoria’s early reign plagued with crises; in October, Ernest and Albert visit; Victoria in love, decides to marry Albert

  1840—On February 10, Victoria and Albert marry; on November 21, their first daughter, Victoria, is born

  1841—On November 9, their first son, Edward Albert, is born

  1842—In September, Victoria’s longtime friend, Baroness Lehzen, returns to Germany

  1861—On December 14, Prince Albert dies at age 42

  1901—On January 22, Queen Victoria dies at age 81

  carolyn meyer is the celebrated author of more than fifty books for young people. Her many award-winning novels include Mary, Bloody Mary—an ABA Pick of the Lists, an NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults—and Marie, Dancing, a Book Sense Pick. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and you can visit her online at ReadCarolyn.com.

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  BIBLIOGRAPHY

  Hibbert, Christopher. Daily Life in Victorian England. New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1975.

  ———. Queen Victoria: A Personal History. Boston: Da Capo Press, 2001.

  Hudson, Katherine. A Royal Conflict: Sir John Conroy and the Young Victoria. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1994.

  Mitchell, Sally. Daily Life in Victorian England. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996.

  Plowden, Alison. The Young Victoria. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981.

  Strachey, Lytton. Queen Victoria. London: Chatto & Windus, 1921.

  Vallone, Lynne. Becoming Victoria. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2001.

  Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901. The girlhood of Queen Victoria; a selection from Her Majesty’s diaries between the years 1832 and 1840, vol i. & vol ii, edited by Viscount Reginald Esher. New York, Longmans, Green & Co.; London, J. Murray, 1912.

  INTERESTING WEBSITES TO VISIT

  For more about England during Victoria’s teenage years:

  www.pbs.org/empires/victoria/history/index.html

  For more about fashion in Victoria’s time:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1830s_in_fashion

  For more about food in Victoria’s time:

  www.victoriana.com/victorianfood/

  For more about Victoria’s coronation, ladies-in-waiting, and other royal attendants, visit Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page:

  users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm

  For more about Victoria’s wedding:

  www.queenvictoria.victoriana.com/RoyalWeddings/Queen-Victoria-Wedding.html

  To read Lytton Strachey’s 1921 biography of Queen Victoria online:

  womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/ls/bl_lsqv_02.htm

  To find out more about important people in Victoria’s life, look them up on Wikipedia:

  Her mother: see Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

  Her half brother, Charles: see Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen

  Her sister, Feodore (Fidi): see Princess Feodora of Leiningen

  Her uncle, Leopold: see Leopold I of Belgium

  Her prime minister, Lord Melbourne: see William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

  Melbourne’s wife: see Lady Caroline Lamb

  Her mistress of the robes: see Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland

  Her chaperone: see Lady Flora Hastings

  Her dearest Daisy: see Louise Lehzen

  And to find out more about Sir John Conroy, read this article:

  www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_heroes/hist_hero_conroy.html

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Meyer, Carolyn.

  Victoria rebels / Carolyn Meyer. —1st ed.

  p. cm.

  “A Paula Wiseman Book.”

  Summary: Through diary entries, reveals the life of Britain’s strong-willed and short-tempered Queen Victoria from the age of eight through her twenty-fourth birthday, up to her third wedding anniversary with her beloved Albert in 1843.

  Includes bibliographical references.

  ISBN 978-1-4169-8729-1 (hardback) — ISBN 978-1-4424-2246-9 (eBook)

  1. Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901—Childhood and youth—Juvenile fiction. 2. Great Britain—History—1800–1837—Juvenile fiction. 3. Great Britain—History—Victoria, 1837–1901—Juvenile fiction. [1. Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901—Childhood and youth—Fiction. 2. Great Britain—History—1800–1837—Fiction. 3. Great Britain—History—Victoria, 1837–1901—Fiction. 4. Kings, queens, rulers, etc.—Fiction. 5. Courts and courtiers—Fiction. 6. Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861—Fiction. 7. Diaries—Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.M5685Vic 2013

  [Fic]—dc23

  2012
023255

  Author’s Note: Queen Victoria’s diaries have provided much of the inspiration for this book. Victoria frequently used capitalization and underlining in her diary for emphasis, and I have kept that style throughout the text. These passages are fictional representations and are not meant to be direct quotes of Victoria’s.

 

 

 


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