Queen Victoria may just be one of the most recognizable figures in world history, a ruler who lent her name to an entire age. But Julia Baird writes persuasively in a new biography that the “real” ...

Should you wish, in these times of political turmoil, to step away from the present day and immerse yourself in the life of one of history’s most powerful women, opportunity abounds in both fact and ...

Julia Baird’s biography of Queen Victoria puts a lot of sparkling life into a monarch who was not amused. This is a gushing, colourful rave of a book by the Sydney-based journalist, writer and ...

Journalist Baird dedicates this florid, heaving biography of Queen Victoria to undoing the myths that continue to surround the woman whose era bears her name—specifically, that she was eclipsed by her ...

Australian journalist and broadcaster Julia Baird's Victoria: The Queen is that rare bird of serious historical biography, a page-turner. Writing with grace and authority, Baird reaches well beyond ...

We’ve all heard of Victoria and Albert. Their marriage was the love story of all royal love stories, brought to life in the recent PBS series Victoria. Some of us also know about Victoria and John ...

The family tree for the British royal family is pretty confusing. And the line of succession to the crown is even more complicated. Queen Elizabeth II was born Princess Elizabeth and succeeded her ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Queen Victoria spent the majority of her reign wearing black, to mourn the ...