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Book Review: Jeremy Black’s Imperial Legacies
Throngs of people lined the excited streets of London.
For hours, joyous crowds joined the revelry to mark the sixtieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria and celebrate the accomplishments of the British Empire – the largest empire in world history.
- Jeff Roquen
- History News Network
After attending an event with Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Buckingham Palace the previous evening, the diminutive Queen began a six-mile journey in an ornate open carriage – powered by eight off-white horses – to…
Amid countless numbers of hanging Union Jacks, deafening waves of applause and outbursts of “God Save The…