Victoria and Albert at Home
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Victoria and Albert at Home

  1. 236 pages
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Victoria and Albert at Home

About this book

First Published in 1980 Victoria and Albert at Home describes the sitting, construction, and decorating of the two royal residences at Osborne and Balmoral and paints a memorable portrait of the Queen's family and her Court beside the Solent and the Dee. At the time of their marriage the royal couple had the use of many crown properties, but, except for Windsor Castle, they found none to their taste and began to look for a home of their own. Sir Robert Peel found them an estate on the Isle of Wight, which was peaceful, beautiful, and at that time sufficiently remote from London. However, when access from London became swifter and easier, their privacy was lost, and they looked elsewhere for a second private family residence. A small estate in Scotland was recommended and Prince Albert once again designed the house, this time in Scottish baronial style.

Drawing on memories, archives, and family papers, some of which, with a number of illustrations, have never been published before, Tyler Whittle has written an interesting, entertaining, and vivid account of life at a time so very much more elegant and yet, at the same time, so very much robust than anything that can be imagined today. This is a must read for students and scholars of British history, and Royal history.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032597195
eBook ISBN
9781003810346
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Original Title Page
  5. Original Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Author’s note
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Genealogical table
  11. 1 A suitable seaside property
  12. 2 Negotiations
  13. 3 The Napoleonic Mr Cubitt
  14. 4 ‘How my beloved Albert enjoys it all’
  15. 5 Bricks and mortar
  16. 6 Two sides of the Cairngorms
  17. 7 A most determined Jacobite
  18. 8 A second private home
  19. 9 Great changes
  20. 10 Accommodation for at least a hundred
  21. 11 The elusive Mr Smith
  22. 12 ‘The work is terribly hard’
  23. 13 Topsy-turveydom
  24. 14 An old shoe for luck
  25. 15 A slow permeation of presence
  26. 16 ‘Our cheerful and unpalace-like rooms’
  27. 17 Fledglings from the nest
  28. 18 ‘So overwhelming a calamity’
  29. 19 The greatest depth of grief
  30. 20 More marriage and death
  31. 21 Apt to blaze
  32. 22 Almighty indiscretions
  33. 23 First independent steps
  34. 24 ‘Too foolish!!’
  35. 25 Titania and her ageing Puck
  36. 26 Prising open the oyster
  37. 27 The lot of ‘essential daughter’
  38. 28 Triumph, exhaustion and anxiety
  39. 29 ‘Mud pies’
  40. 30 A champagne quality
  41. 31 No more boiled potatoes in the heather
  42. Epilogue
  43. Some sources consulted
  44. Index