Paula Bartley Knihy

The book offers a deep dive into Victorian Britain through Queen Victoria's lens, exploring her personal and political influence amid societal, political, and cultural changes. It analyzes how her actions intertwined with significant events of her era, utilizing contemporary sources, including her diaries, and recent scholarship. By positioning Victoria at the heart of a transformative period marked by innovation and reform, it provides a nuanced understanding of her impact on British history.

This title provides a clear and coherent overview of women's lives during a period of great economic, social and political change. Incorporating much recent research, the book examines the major themes of marriage, home and family, education and working conditions. Also analysed are the contentious issues of sex and morality - the attempts to regulate and prevent prostitution as well as the encouragement of the moral purity of women within society.