Both Uses of
Queen Victoria
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- Half the English-speaking world has heard of Admiral Worthington—a naval hero, decorated by Queen Victoria herself.†
Chpt 6 *
- Even Queen Victoria herself is a devotee.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901 when the monarchy had primarily symbolic power; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)