QUEEN VICTORIA: THE WOMAN WHO RULED A QUARTER OF THE WORLD

Episode 7 | Human History — IndividualsIn this History episode we focus on Queen Victoria — who became queen at 18, ruled for 63 years, and oversaw the British Empire at its greatest extent covering a quarter of the earth's surface, while her descendants sat on virtually every throne in Europe.This episode covers her childhood under the controlling Kensington System, her remarkable marriage to Prince Albert and the depth of her grief after his death, her relationships with Gladstone and Disraeli, the Scramble for Africa and India under the Crown, and the extraordinary family tree whose members went to war with each other in 1914.The Victorian era's contradictions — scientific progress and racial hierarchy, evangelical morality and commercial exploitation — are at the center of this episode.#HistoryMystery #QueenVictoria #BritishEmpire #Victorian #HistoryPodcast