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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Nonfiction |
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Call Number:
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920 Victoria |
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Author:
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Baird, Julia |
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Title:
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Victoria The Queen |
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Remainder of title:
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An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire / |
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Summary, etc. note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781400069880 |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9780679605058 (ebook) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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e-uk--- |
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Classification number:
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DA554 |
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Item number:
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.B18 2016 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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941.081092 |
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Classification number:
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B |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Fuller form of name:
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(Julia Woodlands), |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Julia Baird. |
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Edition statement:
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First edition. |
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Place of publication:
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New York, N.Y. |
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Name of publisher:
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Random House |
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Date of publication:
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2016 |
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New York : |
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Random House, |
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[2016] |
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Extent:
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xlvii, 696 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |
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Other physical details:
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illustrations (some color), maps ; |
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Dimensions:
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25 cm |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Bibliography, etc. note:
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-650) and index. |
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Formatted contents note:
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The race to the crown -- The birth of "pocket Hercules" -- The lonely, naughty princess -- An impossible, strange madness -- "Awful scenes in the house" -- Becoming queen: "I shall not fail" -- The coronation: "a dream out of the Arabian nights" -- Learning to rule -- A scandal in the palace -- Virago in love -- The bride: "I never, never spent such an evening" -- Only the husband, not the master -- The palace intruders -- King to all intents: "like a vulture into his prey" -- Perfect, awful, spotless prosperity -- Annus Mirabilis: the revolutionary year -- What Albert did: the Great Exhibition of 1851 -- The Crimea: 'This unsatisfactory war' -- London boils over -- Royal parents: "everything passes so quickly!" -- "Who will call me Victoria now?" -- "The whole house seems like Pompeii." -- Resuscitating the widow at Windsor -- The queen's stallion -- The faery queen awakes -- Enough to kill any man -- Two ironclads colliding: the queen and Mr. Gladstone -- The monarch in a bonnet -- The "poor munshi" -- The diamond empire -- The end of the Victorian Age - "The streets were indeed a strange sight." |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T 03/22/2017 |
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Purchase price:
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35.00 |
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Personal name:
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Victoria, |
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Titles and other words associated with a name:
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Queen of Great Britain, |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1819-1901. |
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Subject:
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Queens |
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Subject:
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901. |
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Subject:
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Great Britain-History-Victoria, 1937-1901. |
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Subject:
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Queens-Great Britain-Biography. |
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Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Great Britain |
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Geographic name:
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Great Britain |
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General subdivision:
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History |
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Chronological subdivision:
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Victoria, 1837-1901. |
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acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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claim1 2016-07-22 |
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claim2 2016-11-29 |
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policy default |
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rf08 2015-09-16 added subtitle per publisher's request, to CIP Complete |
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rf08 2016-03-14 (episodic telework project) revised subtitle per publisher's request, to CIP Complete |
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xn11 2017-01-04 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. |
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HAND CARRY -- ALL COPIES NEEDED FOR CONGRESSIONAL LOAN; PLS CONTACT amgo, x72445 / scar, x7717 2017-03-01 |
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rf08 2015-06-25 |
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rf06 2017-01-11 to Congressional Loan; |
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rf08 2015-06-25 (telework) to Dewey |
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xl03 2015-06-25 |