How was Queen Victoria influenced by her closest male ministers, relatives, advisers and servants? John Van der Kiste is the first to explore this aspect of Victoria's life; focusing on four roles - mentors, family, ministers and servants. A soldier's daughter, Victoria lost her father at the age of
King's Mistress, Queen's Servant: The Life and Times of Henrietta Howard
β Scribed by Borman, Tracy
- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 223 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780224076067
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