Victoria R I Author:Elizabeth Longford When Victoria was born in 1819 the popularity of the British monarchy had been for long at a low ebb. When she died, eighty-two years later, its prestige was at its zenith, its future assured and the nation's grief overwhelming. First published in 1964 as Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed. Here it is re-issued so that the brillianc... more »e and originality of the text can be combined with a wealth of illustrations to portray the Queen's own life, her contemporaries and the Victorian Age which she created.