Albert; Author: Weintraub, Stanley; Hardback; Book

Author: Weintraub, Stanley
Reissue; Hardback; Book; Ill. Facsims., Geneal. Tables, Map, Ports.
489 pages
Published: March 1997
John Murray (Publishers) Ltd
ISBN: 0719557569
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The author is the first biographer of Victoria also to write a life of Albert. From this unique perspective he shows that, although Albert was in effect uncrowned king, he remained in bondage to his marital destiny, an ambiguity that sustains the dramatic tension of this absorbing book and makes it a fitting companion to Weintraub's acclaimed 'Victoria'.Offering a biography of Albert, this work examines how the Prince Consort was plucked from obscurity from a tiny German principality to sire the succession in the most powerful empire in the world. It examines his marriage, his popularity and the effect he made on Britain.