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We two : Victoria and Albert : rulers, partners, rivals / Gillian Gill.

by Gill, Gillian.

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New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Marriage.

Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861 -- Marriage.

Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Princes -- Great Britain -- Biography.

9780345484055 (hbk. : alk. paper)

0345484053 (hbk. : alk. paper)

xii, 460 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Charlotte and Leopold -- Wanted, an heir to the throne, preferably male -- The wife takes the child -- That dismal existence -- The Kensington system -- Fighting back -- Victoria, virgin queen -- The Coburg legacy -- A dynastic marriage -- The paradise of our childhood -- Training for the big race -- Victoria plans her marriage -- Bearing the fruits of desire -- Whigs and Tories -- Dearest diary -- Albert takes charge -- The court of St. Albert's -- Finding friends -- A home of our own -- The greatest show on earth -- Lord Palmerston says no -- Blue blood and red -- French interlude -- The Prussian alliance -- Father and son -- Problems in a marriage -- "I do not cling to life as you do" -- Mourning a prince.

Gillian Gill offers a revolutionary portrait of a queen and her prince, revealing at once both an intimate but far-from-idyllic relationship that succeeded against all odds as the strong, feisty queen and the brilliant, fragile prince worked together to build a family based on support, trust, and fidelity.

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