The Queen who restored the reputation of the British monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles.

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. Even the most dedicated fans of Queen Victoria are sure to learn something ...

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Julia Baird about her new book "Victoria the Queen." Baird says that contrary to how she is usually remembered, Queen Victoria was a lively and dedicated ruler.

Julia Baird is the author of Victoria: The Queen, An Intimate Biography of a Woman Who Ruled an Empire In the thick of the Boer War, when the British Foreign Secretary told Queen Victoria about a ...

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 ...