Queen Victoria's widow-age overshadows her multifaceted career as a Constitutional Monarch. Such as her stint as a young mother and Queen touring the Crystal Palace in a very calculated Middle Class manner to defang the rather real Lord Byron Ur-aristocrat potential messaging.
Imagine if it hadn't been Archduke Ferdinand in the 20th century but a reprise of France's Terror in 19th century London---
Wasn't Felix a naturalized Christian by that point? I have difficulties keeping Disraeli and other later converts timestamped, much as Trollope had a ten pound note turn into two five pound notes within a sealed envelope.
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Date: 2021-05-24 03:28 pm (UTC)Imagine if it hadn't been Archduke Ferdinand in the 20th century but a reprise of France's Terror in 19th century London---
Wasn't Felix a naturalized Christian by that point? I have difficulties keeping Disraeli and other later converts timestamped, much as Trollope had a ten pound note turn into two five pound notes within a sealed envelope.