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The queen, her lover and the most notorious spy in history [sound recording]

Perry, Roland, 1946-2014
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Long before her marriage to Prince Albert, Princess Victoria had an affair with the dashing Scottish 13th Lord Elphinstone. After the liaison was exposed, Elphinstone was banished to India, appointed Governor of Madras, which allowed Victoria's mother to engineer a royal union for her with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg. After 5 years of pining for Elphinstone, Victoria finally gave in and married Albert. Despite a successful marriage, Victoria never forgot Elphinstone and after a decade in India he returned to her side as Lord-in-Waiting at Court. He only left her to take up the critical role of Governor of Bombay during the Indian Uprising of 1857. Elphinstone died soon after in June 1860 from a fever. Many attempts were made to bury the memory of Elphinstone, his relationship with the monarch and his service for the Empire, but Victoria recorded it in letters to her confidant, her first-born.
Imprint:
Melbourne : Bolinda Audio, 2014.
Collation:
13 CDs (15 hr., 59 min.) : digital, stereo
Performers:
Read by Deidre Rubenstein and David Tredinnick.
ISBN:
9781486240463 (CDs)
Dewey class:
941.0810922Fiction920 VIC
Language:
English
BRN:
1103659
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