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Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch in British history. In this concise biography, Lady Longford, long recognised as an authority on the subject, gives a full account of Queen Victoria?s life and provides her unique assessment of the monarch. Victoria ascended the throne in 1837 on the death of her uncle William IV. In 1840 she married her first cousin,…

Byron's literary and political records were no less stormy. Growing up (like most Romantic poets) in the thrall of the French Revolution, he became an outspoken proponent of liberty and an impassioned defender of the downtrodden. Controversial speeches in the House of Lords defending the Luddites were followed in his long exile by plotting for Italian independence…