Queen Victoria: The British Monarch Who Ruled the Longest (A Captivating Guide to the Queen of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain) : Jordan Levy : 9781774857892 : 1774857898 : 23 Aug 2022 : The queen of great britain and ireland for 63 years, the mother of nine children and grandmother to 42, queen victoria's life was one of magnificent proportions. Victoria's childhood was difficult and lonely but from the time she took the throne aged just eighteen she blossomed into a powerful woman, both frivolous and formidable. It was a time of the expansion of the empire, as britain (for good, or as it is often considered today, bad) and its armies sought to extend their influence across the planet. Indeed, the victorian period is often regarded as a time of peace, but in fact, there were almost continuous wars during the era. Afghanistan, india, africa, the crimea... Victorian britain was a time of great industrial progress; a time of poverty in the cities but the birth of education. At