Displaying 1 of 1 2013 Format: Book Author: Hubbard, Kate, 1963- Title: Serving Victoria : life in the royal household / Kate Hubbard. Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Publisher, Date: New York : HarperCollins, 2013. Description: xii, 417 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Summary: Serving Victoria follows the lives of six members of her household, from the governess to the royal children, from her maid of honor to her chaplain and her personal physician -- Front jacket flap. Subjects: Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Employees. Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901. Royal households -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography. Household employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography. Courts and courtiers -- History -- 19th century -- Biography. Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-396) and index. Contents: Pt. 1: 'A queen is a very happy woman'. Windsor 1838 ; A scandal and a crisis ; 'Love rules the court' ; Sarah Lyttelton: superintendent of the nursery ; Charlotte Canning: lady of the bedchamber ; 'Gone afloat' ; Osborne ; In the highlands ; 'The object of education' ; Departures ; Mary Ponsonby: maid-of-honour ; Glimpses of abroad ; Three deaths -- Pt. 2: 'My heart is utterly and completely broken'. 'Someone to lean on' ; Henry Ponsonby: private secretary ; Balmorality ; Eastern Questions and domestic affairs ; James Reid: resident medical attendant ; Randall Davidson: dean of Windsor ; Spring holidays ; Household bothers ; The year of the Munshi ; Accommodating Bipps ; 'A last look' ; Postscript: After Victoria. ISBN: 9780062269911 0062269917 Other Number: 817562742 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 355466 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 941.081 Hubbard Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1