Bibliograph

Serving Victoria, life in the royal household, Kate Hubbard

Type

Label

Serving Victoria, life in the royal household, Kate Hubbard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Serving Victoria

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

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 -- Front jacket flap

Table Of Contents

Windsor 1838 -- A scandal and a crisis -- 'Love rules the court' -- Sarah Littleton: 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 -- '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 brothers -- The year of the Munshi -- Accommodating Bipps -- 'A last look'

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