Queen Victoria and the Making of the Modern Monarchy
Karpeles Manuscript Library 21 West Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesIn this talk, Dr. Erika Rappaport, Professor and Chair of the Department of History at UCSB and historian of British consumer culture, explores how Queen Victoria became the first media monarch. Queen Victoria was unmatched in bringing the monarchy into the modern age, becoming the subject of intense media attention, criticism and adoration. In her […]