victoria, 1837-1901

Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor. Includes review questions.

Tiki, living with her family of orphans in a deserted hideaway in 1871 London, steals a ring belonging to Queen Victoria that binds the rulers of England and the realm of Faerie to peace, and when a rebel group of faeries hopes to break the treaty with dark magic and Tiki's blood, Rieker secretly watches and protects her.

Jago Stonecipher, a magician's assistant to his unscrupulous uncle in Winchester, England, in 1874, becomes involved in a series of plots and deceits revolving around a lady's maid and her employer's family, and finally escapes to sea, where the trouble follows him, even aboard ship.

In Victorian England, poverty-stricken, orphaned siblings Joe and Annie escape from the abusive farmer they work for and try to survive in Manchester, with help from a friendly tramp, a mysterious dog-woman, and a renegade printer who supports the rights of the poor.

Through diary entries, reveals the life of Britain's strong-willed and short-tempered Queen Victoria from the age of eight through her twenty-fourth birthday, up to her third wedding anniversary with her beloved Albert in 1843.

Picking pockets with her fellow orphans to survive in Victorian London, Tiki steals a ring that holds the peace between England and Faerie, and with that ring missing, rebel faeries hope to break the treaty with dark magic.

Examines the development of costume and fashion over the course of history, focusing on the styles and trends of the Victorian Age, from about 1837 to the dawn of the twentieth century. Includes photographs and a time line.

Examines the life and reign of England's Queen Victoria, drawing from past studies, original research, and Victoria's own words to document her concerns with gender roles, politics, religion, and other domestic and international issues.

An historical fiction about the life of Queen Victoria, the daughter of a prince who grew up in genteel poverty; and at the age of eighteen, was crowned Queen of England, a position she held for sixty-four years.

Presents a comprehensive portrait of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, describing her and her court in the last years of her life, her public and private moments, and relationship with her children and grandchildren.