Born on the 24th May 1819, Alexandrina Victoria was fifth in line to the throne at a time in which the monarchy’s popularity was declining. Yet, over the course of her reign, which at the time was the longest of any British monarch, Victoria transformed the monarchy, Britain, and its place in the world. She endured a tortured childhood in which she was controlled and mollycoddled to the extent she could not even walk down the stairs without holding someone’s hand. But, before she was even 20, she was crowned to much jubilation - Britain had entered a new era. Listen as William and Anita discuss the formative years of Queen Victoria.
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60. Britain's Most Famous Slave
59. Francis Barber: Abolition, the Navy, and the Enlightenment
58. Dr Johnson's Black Heir
57. Tacky's Revolt: An Atlantic Slave War
56. Tacky's Revolt: Causes of the Rebellion
55. The Fall of the Royal African Company
54. Royal African Company: Slavery Inc
53. Barbary Corsairs: Raiding the British isles
52. The Slave who Ruled
51. Vikings: Slavs to Slaves
50. Rome: A Slave Society
49. The Dawn of Everything
48. The History of Slavery
47. Rebels Against the Raj
46. The Mau Mau, the court case, and the hidden documents
45. Successors to the Romans, progressive harems, and living Ottomans
44. The Legacy of the Ottomans, Queen of the Desert, and giant turbans
43. The Birth of Saudi Arabia
42. The Fiery End of the Ottoman Empire
41. The Rise of Ataturk
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