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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.
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Das britische Empire umspannte ein ganzes Fünftel der Erdoberfläche und war zur überragenden Supermacht seiner Zeit geworden. Victorias Versuche, die europäischen Monarchien zu stärken, indem sie ihre Familienmitglieder verheiratete, brachten zwar kurzfristigen Frieden, aber sie säten die Saat für einige der zerstörerischsten Konflikte des 20.
The British Empire When Queen Victoria took the throne in 1837, Britain already governed other countries, including Canada, India, New Zealand, and several African areas. This was known as the ...
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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v. t. e. In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. Slightly different definitions are sometimes used. The era followed the Georgian era and preceded the Edwardian era, and its later half overlaps with the first part of the ...
When the future Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace in 1819, she was fifth in line to the throne. However, by the time she was 18, a quick succession of deaths among her relatives accelerated her to accession. She accepted the crown as an inexperienced teenager; when she died, aged 81, she was known as ‘the Grandmother of Europe’.
