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Serving Victoria, life in the royal household, Kate Hubbard

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Serving Victoria, life in the royal household, Kate Hubbard
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-396) and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
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illustrationsplates
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Serving Victoria
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
817562742
Responsibility statement
Kate Hubbard
Sub title
life in the royal household
Summary
"Serving Victoria follows the lives of six members of her household, from the governess to the royal children, from her maid of honor to her chaplain and her personal physician."--Dust jacket
Table Of Contents
Pt. 1. 'A queen is a very happy woman'. Windsor 1838 -- A scandal and a crisis -- 'Love rules the court' -- Sarah Lyttelton : superintendent of the nursery -- Charlotte Canning : lady of the bedchamber -- 'Gone afloat' -- Osborne -- In the highlands -- 'The object of education' -- Departures -- Mary Ponsonby : maid-of-honour -- Glimpses of abroad -- Three deaths -- pt. 2. 'My heart is utterly and completely broken'. 'Someone to lean on' -- Henry Ponsonby : private secretary -- Balmorality -- Eastern questions and domestic affairs -- James Reid : resident medical attendant -- Randall Davidson : dean of Windsor -- Spring holidays -- Household bothers -- The year of the Munshi -- Accommodating Bipps -- 'A last look' -- Postscript : after Victoria
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