Prime Minister to the Queen - Queen Victoria''s Political Life

A Daily Mail Best History Book of the Year; A SpectatorBest Book of the Year
It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn't be more wrong.

About the author

Anne Somerset was born in 1955 and read History at King's College, London. Her first book, ‘The Life and Times of William IV’, was published in 1980. This was followed in 1984 by the bestselling ‘Ladies-in-Waiting: From the Tudors to the Present Day’, an acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I in 1991, and ‘Unnatural Murder: Poison in the Court of James I: The Overbury Murder’ in 1998. Her most recent work is ‘The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV’.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Somerset
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.2025
• EAN: 9780008106256
• ISBN: 978-0-00-810625-6
• No. of pages: 576
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, European History, Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty, British Empire, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, HUMOR / Topic / Politics, Political leaders & leadership, Biography: royalty, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Biography: historical, political and military, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Political leaders and leadership, Title;