Publisher's Synopsis
She died in January 1901, and her death shook Britain and her empire. Queen Victoria had reigned for sixty-three years and most of her citizens had known no other monarch. They wept in the streets and a million lined the route of her funeral procession in London. The colossal grief of the nation was surpassed only by its fear for the future. In LAST DAYS OF GLORY, Tony Rennell traces the dying days of Queen Victoria, starting with Christmas 1900 to her death only four weeks later. He captures the intensity of the rising emotions in the royal household, the country and throughout the world. This is a gripping and dramatic portrayal of a family and a nation in crisis.
