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Victoria Wood travels around the world in search of the legacy of Queen Victoria. Humorous and grave in equal measures, her epic journey takes us on a breathtaking tour of the old Empire beginning in India and continuing through Hong Kong, Borneo, Ghana, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Australia and Zambia.
Victorian era, the period between about 1820 and 1914, corresponding roughly to the period of Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) and characterized by a class-based society, a growing number of people able to vote, a growing state and economy, and Britain’s status as the most powerful empire in the world.
"Queen Victoria's Empire" is both the story of this remarkable time, and an engaging portrait of a queen who ruled over one-fifth of the world's population.
abstract = "An ABC of Queen Victoria's Empire offers a provocative rewriting of Mrs. Ernest Ames' ABCs for Baby Patriots (1899). Whimsically illustrated for the nursery or primary school child, Ames' book demonstrates how deeply imperialism reached into popular culture during Victoria's reign.This book presents a rather darker view of Victoria's empire, beginning with the wars in Afghanistan ...
The Queen reigned during a time of great economic prosperity, when the power of the British Empire was at its peak. Queen Victoria ruled for 63 years, from 1837 to 1901, enjoying a longer reign than any monarch before her. Her name is synonymous with an entire era, and she was one of the most powerful women in history.
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Synopsis The people who shaped the British Empire during Queen Victoria's reign. Network PBS. Rating TV-G. Genre Documentary, History. Original Language English. Release Date Jan 14, 2001.
29 de mar. de 2011 · Victoria's empire. Portrait photograph of Victoria ... No women could legally vote in parliamentary elections until almost 18 years after Victoria's death - and the queen herself was no suffragist.
