{"product_id":"serving-victoria-kate-hubbard-9780062269928","title":"Serving Victoria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A vivid, entertaining and often comical portrait of life at court.\" --\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Compelling. . . . The rhythm of court life at Windsor or Balmoral is the backdrop to a rich human drama, a story of people existing in uneasy intimacy with the royal family.\" -- \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e (London)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the letters and diaries of six members of Queen Victoria's household, \u003cem\u003eServing Victoria\u003c\/em\u003e offers unique insight into the queen and her court. Seen through the eyes of her servants--including the governess to the royal children, her maid of honor, her chaplain, and her personal physician--Victoria emerges as more vulnerable, more emotional, more selfish, more comical than the austere figure depicted in her portraits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe see a woman prone to fits of giggles, who wept easily and often, who shrank from confrontation yet insisted on controlling the lives of those around her. We witness her extraordinary and debilitating grief at the death of her husband, Albert, and her sympathy toward the tragedies that afflicted her household.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA perfect foil to the pomp and circumstance, prudery and conservatism that has become synonymous with Victoria's reign, \u003cem\u003eServing Victoria\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable glimpse of what it meant to serve the queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Hubbard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062269925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062269928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.30w x 1.20d","brand":"Kate Hubbard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990069346559,"sku":"9780062269928","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_28e06671-8d7b-4b74-93d2-becb808751ae.jpg?v=1683302826","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/serving-victoria-kate-hubbard-9780062269928","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}