【内容简介】
本书分为24个章节，用关键的24天巧妙地勾勒了维多利亚女王的一生。出生、加冕、婚礼、第一个孩子的出生、丧夫、登基六十周年钻禧庆典，与此同时，在历史的坐标轴上，对应着辉格党政府的垮台、对印度的殖民统治、克里米亚战争……在维多利亚女王的人生日历上，我们前所未有地走近这位让英国空前繁荣兴盛的君主，以及她所处的时代。
以维多利亚女王的日记、书信等原始资料为依据，从微小的细节入手，描绘了维多利亚时代壮阔的社会图景。更有南丁格尔、门德尔松、狄更斯、马克·吐温等人的身影，作为那个时代的目击者，他们记录了自己的见闻，向我们展现了维多利亚时代的历史人物群像。
既是大英帝国的君主，也是任性的女儿，称职的妻子，沉默的寡妇……维多利亚女王如何在年少时急切地挣脱母亲的束缚？如何面对九次生育带来的沉重负担？如何在经历丧夫之痛后找回更加笃定的自己？这位女性君主数十年的统治，以一种不易觉察的方式，改变了其他女性的境遇。
作者简介
露西·沃斯利（Lucy Worsley），英国历史学家、作家、策展人和电视节目主持人。毕业于牛津大学，主修历史专业；萨塞克斯大学艺术史博士。她先后就职于英格兰遗产委员会（English Heritage，负责管理巨石阵、英国铁桥等四百多处历史名胜）和英国历史皇家宫殿（Historic Royal Palaces，负责管理伦敦塔、汉普顿宫、肯辛顿宫等六处王室宫殿）。她还担任BBC历史节目主持人，著有数本畅销书，如《家里的简·奥斯丁：一部传记》（Jane Austen at Home:A Biography）、《英国式谋杀的艺术》（The Art of the English Murder）等。目前生活在英国伦敦。
【 Content Introduction 】
The book is divided into 24 chapters that neatly outline the life of Queen Victoria in 24 key days. The birth, the coronation, the wedding, the birth of the first child, the bereavement of a husband, the diamond Jubilee, and at the same time, on the axis of history, the fall of the Whig government, the colonisation of India, the Crimean War... In the calendar of Queen Victoria's life, we get unprecedented access to the monarch who made Britain so prosperous, and to The Times in which she lived.
Based on the original materials such as Queen Victoria's diary and letters, it depicts the magnificent social picture of the Victorian era from the minute details. More Nightingale, Mendelssohn, Dickens, Mark Twain and other figures, as witnesses of the era, they recorded their own experiences, to show us a group of historical figures in the Victorian era.
The monarch of the British Empire, the wayward daughter, the good wife, the silent widow... How did Queen Victoria desperately break free from her mother as a young girl? How to face the heavy burden of nine births? How to find a more certain self after the loss of a husband? The decades-long reign of this female monarch has changed the situation for other women in ways that are not readily apparent.
About the author
Lucy Worsley is a British historian, author, curator and television presenter. Graduated from Oxford University, majoring in history; PhD in Art History, University of Sussex. She has worked for English Heritage (responsible for more than 400 Historic sites such as Stonehenge and the British Iron Bridge) and Historic Royal Palaces (responsible for six royal palaces including the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace). She was also A BBC history presenter and The author of several bestselling books, including "Jane Austen at Home:A Biography" and "The Art of the English Murder." Currently lives in London, England.
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