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Serving Victoria : life in the royal household Book
Book | First U.S. edition | Harper, New York : c2013.

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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 -- Front jacket flap.
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  • ISBN: 9780062269911 (hc) :
  • Physical Description: xii, 417 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.print
  • Edition: First U.S. edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, c2013.
  • Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-396) and index.
  • Formatted Contents Note: 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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