Victoria the Queen

The race to the crown — The birth of “pocket Hercules”–The lonely, naughty princess — An impossible, strange madness — “Awful scenes in the house”–Becoming queen: “I shall not fail” — The coronation: “a dream out of the Arabian nights” — Learning to rule — A scandal in the palace — Virago in love — The bride: “I never, never spent such an evening” — Only the husband, not the master — The palace intruders — King to all intents: “like a vulture into his prey” — Perfect, awful, spotless prosperity — Annus Mirabilis: the revolutionary year — What Albert did: the Great Exhibition of 1851 — The Crimea: ‘This unsatisfactory war’ — London boils over — Royal parents: “everything passes so quickly!” — “Who will call me Victoria now?” — “The whole house seems like Pompeii.” — Resuscitating the widow at Windsor — The queen’s stallion — The faery queen awakes — Enough to kill any man — Two ironclads colliding: the queen and Mr. Gladstone — The monarch in a bonnet — The “poor munshi” — The diamond empire — The end of the Victorian Age – “The streets were indeed a strange sight