Victoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress 0141977183, 9780141977188

Queen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history, in a tim

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Victoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress
0141977183, 9780141977188

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