Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen (Vol. 1&2)

An Inspiring Biographical Account of Queen Victoria, One of the Greatest British Monarchs (Complete Edition)By Sarah Tytler

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"Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen" in 2 volumes is a biographical account of the British Queen Victoria written by the Scottish novelist Sarah Tytler. Victoria (1819-1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death. She adopted the additional title of Empress of India in 1876. Known as the Victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than that of any of her predecessors. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. Volume 1: Sixty-three Years Since Childhood Youth The Accession The Proroguing of Parliament, the Visit to Guildhall, and the Coronation The Maiden Queen The Betrothal The Marriage A Royal Pair Royal Occupations – An Attempt on the Queen's Life The First Christening – The Season of 1841 Birth of the Prince of Wales – The Afghan Disasters – Visit of the King of Prussia – The Queen's Plantagenet Ball Fresh Attempts against the Queen's Life – Mendelssohn – Death of the Duc D'orleans The Queen's First Visit to Scotland A Marriage, a Death, and a Birth in the Royal Family… Volume 2: Royal Progresses to Burghley, Stowe, and Strathfieldsaye The Queen's Powder Ball The Queen's First Visit to Germany Railway Speculation – Failure of the Potato Crop – Sir Robert Peel's Resolutions – Birth of Princess Helena – Visit of Ibrahim Pasha Autumn Yachting Excursions – The Spanish Marriages – Winter Visits Installation of Prince Albert as Chancellor of Cambridge The Queen's Visit to the Western Islands of Scotland and Stay at Ardverikie The French Fugitives – The People's Charter The Queen's First Stay at Balmoral Public and Domestic Interests – Fresh Attack upon the Queen The Queen's First Visit to Ireland Scotland Again – Glasgow and Dee-side The Opening of the New Coal Exchange – The Death of Queen Adelaide Preparation for the Exhibition – Birth of the Duke of Connaught…

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1Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen (Vol. 1&amp;2)

32CHAPTER XI. THE QUEEN&#x27;S FIRST VISIT TO IRELAND.

2CHAPTER I. SIXTY-THREE YEARS SINCE.

33CHAPTER XII. SCOTLAND AGAIN—GLASGOW AND DEE-SIDE.

3CHAPTER II CHILDHOOD.

34CHAPTER XIII. OPENING OF THE NEW COAL EXCHANGE—THE DEATH OF QUEEN ADELAIDE.

4CHAPTER III. YOUTH.

35CHAPTER XIV. PREPARATION FOR THE EXHIBITION—BIRTH OF THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT—THE BLOW DEALT BY FATE—FOREIGN TROUBLES—ENGLISH ART.

5CHAPTER IV. THE ACCESSION.

36CHAPTER XV. THE DEATHS OF SIR ROBERT PEEL, THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, AND LOUIS PHILIPPE.

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6CHAPTER V. THE PROROGUING OF PARLIAMENT, THE VISIT TO GUILDHALL, AND THE CORONATION.

37CHAPTER XVI. THE QUEEN&#x27;S FIRST STAY AT HOLYROOD—LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS—THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS.

7CHAPTER VI. THE MAIDEN QUEEN.

38CHAPTER XVII. THE PAPAL BULL—THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

8CHAPTER VII. THE BETROTHAL.

39CHAPTER XVIII. THE QUEEN&#x27;S ACCOUNT OF THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION.

9CHAPTER VIII. THE MARRIAGE.

40CHAPTER XIX. THE QUEEN&#x27;S &quot;RESTORATION BALL&quot; AND THE &quot;GUILDHALL BALL.&quot;

10CHAPTER IX. A ROYAL PAIR.

41CHAPTER XX. ROYAL VISITS TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER—CLOSE OF THE EXHIBITION.

11CHAPTER X. ROYAL OCCUPATIONS.—AN ATTEMPT ON THE QUEEN&#x27;S LIFE.

42CHAPTER XXI. DISASTERS—YACHTING TRIPS—THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

12CHAPTER XI THE FIRST CHRISTENING.—THE SEASON OF 1841.

43CHAPTER XXII. THE IRON DUKE&#x27;S FUNERAL.

13CHAPTER XII. BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.—THE AFGHAN DISASTERS.—VISIT OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA.—&quot;THE QUEEN&#x27;S PLANTAGENET BALL.&quot;

44CHAPTER XXIII. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON III. AND THE EMPRESS EUGÉNIE—FIRE AT WINDSOR—THE BIRTH OF PRINCE LEOPOLD.

14CHAPTER XIII. FRESH ATTEMPTS AGAINST THE QUEEN&#x27;S LIFE.—MENDELSSOHN.—DEATH OF THE DUC D&#x27;ORLEANS.

45CHAPTER XXIV. THE EASTERN QUESTION—APPROACHING WAR—GROSS INJUSTICE TO PRINCE ALBERT—DEATH OF MARIA DA GLORIA.

15CHAPTER XIV. THE QUEEN&#x27;S FIRST VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

46CHAPTER XXV. THE BATTLE OF INKERMANN—FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE—THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS.

16CHAPTER XV. A MARRIAGE, A DEATH, AND A BIRTH IN THE ROYAL FAMILY.—A PALACE HOME.

47CHAPTER XXVI. INSPECTION OF THE HOSPITAL AT CHATHAM—VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH—DISTRIBUTION OF WAR MEDALS.

17CHAPTER XVI. THE CONDEMNATION OF THE ENGLISH DUEL.—ANOTHER MARRIAGE.—THE QUEEN&#x27;S VISIT TO CHATEAU D&#x27;EU.

48CHAPTER XXVII. DEATH OP LORD RAGLAN—VISIT OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT TO THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH—FALL OF SEBASTOPOL.

18CHAPTER XVII. THE QUEEN&#x27;S TRIP TO OSTEND:—VISITS TO DRAYTON, CHATSWORTH, AND BELVOIR.

49CHAPTER XXVIII. BETROTHAL OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL—QUEEN&#x27;S SPEECH TO THE SOLDIERS RETURNED FROM THE CRIMEA—BALMORAL.

19CHAPTER XVIII. ALLIES FROM AFAR.—DEATH AND ABSENCE.—BIRTHDAY GREETINGS.

50CHAPTER XXIX. DEATH OF THE PRINCE Of LEININGEN—BIRTH OF PRINCESS BEATRICE—BESTOWAL OF THE VICTORIA CROSS—INDIAN MUTINY.

20CHAPTER XIX. ROYAL VISITORS.—THE BIRTH OP PRINCE ALFRED.—A NORTHERN RETREAT.

51CHAPTER XXX. THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.

21CHAPTER XX. LOUIS PHILIPPE&#x27;S VISIT.—THE OPENING OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.

52CHAPTER XXXI. DEATH OF THE DUTCHESS D&#x27;ORLEANS—THE PRINCE CONSORT&#x27;S VISIT TO GERMANY—THE QUEEN AND PRINCE CONSORT&#x27;S VISIT TO PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM AT BABELSBERG.

22CHAPTER I. ROYAL PROGRESSES TO BURGHLEY, STOWE, AND STRATHFIELDSAYE.

53CHAPTER XXXII. BIRTH OF PRINCE WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA—DEATH OF PRINCE HOHENLOHE—VOLUNTEER REVIEWS—SECOND VISIT TO COBURG—BETROTHAL OF PRINCESS ALICE.

23CHAPTER II. THE QUEEN&#x27;S POWDER BALL.

54CHAPTER XXXIII. DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT.

24CHAPTER III. THE QUEEN&#x27;S FIRST VISIT TO GERMANY.

55CHAPTER XXXIV. LAST VISIT TO IRELAND—HIGHLAND EXCURSIONS—MEETING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK—DEATH OF THE KINO OF PORTUGAL AND HIS BROTHERS

25CHAPTER IV. RAILWAY SPECULATION—FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP—SIR ROBERT PEEL&#x27;S RESOLUTIONS—BIRTH OF PRINCESS HELENA—VISIT OF IBRAHIM PASHA.

56CHAPTER XXXV. THE DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT.

26CHAPTER V. AUTUMN YACHTING EXCURSIONS—THE SPANISH MARRIAGES—WINTER VISITS.

57CHAPTER XXXVI. THE WITHDRAWAL TO OSBORNE—THE PRINCE CONSORT&#x27;S FUNERAL.

27CHAPTER VI. INSTALLATION OF PRINCE ALBERT AS CHANCELLOR OF CAMBRIDGE.

58CHAPTER XXXVII. THE FIRST MONTHS OF WIDOWHOOD—MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, ETC., ETC.

28CHAPTER VII. THE QUEEN&#x27;S VISIT TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OP SCOTLAND AND STAY AT ARDVERIKIE.

59CHAPTER XXXVIII. DEATHS OF LORD PALMERSTON AND THE KING OF THE BELGIANS—THE QUEEN AGAIN OPENS PARLIAMENT IN PERSON, &amp;C., &amp;C.

29CHAPTER VIII. THE FRENCH FUGITIVES—THE PEOPLE&#x27;S CHARTER.

60CHAPTER XXXIX. STAY AT HOLYROOD—DEATHS OF PRINCESS HOHENLOHE AND OF PRINCE FREDERICK OF DARMSTADT—MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.

30CHAPTER IX. THE QUEEN&#x27;S FIRST STAY AT BALMORAL.

61CHAPTER XL. BIRTH OF THE FIRST GREAT-GRANDCHILD—MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF ALBANY—CONCLUSION.