Frequently illuminating and occasionally funny, this selection, illustrated by the Queen's own drawings, presents a moving account of one of the most remarkable personalities of the 19th century.

This published work was part of a journal written by the late Queen Victoria of Britain.

Originally published in 1990, a selection from the private correspondence between Queen Victoria and her eldest daughter, Victoria, with letters covering their reactions to domestic and political affairs of the time.

The story (told mostly with the aid of hitherto unpublished material located in the Royal archives at Windsor and the Tennyson Research Centre at Lincoln) of the remarkable friendship that developed between Queen Victoria and her Poet ...