Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch, a symbol of Britain's great age of power and imperialism. But her life could so easily have been cut short.Just three years after she ascended to the throne, a humble 'pot-boy' fired a brace of pistols at her from just six paces away. She escaped unharmed, but amazingly there were seven further attacks or attempts on her life over the next forty-seven years. The perpetrators were a mixture of madmen, attention-seekers, and fiends: the unemployed carpenter who ended up transported to the hell of a labor camp in Van Dieman's Land; the midget news vendor who eventually took his own life; the army officer who dressed as a dandy; the disaffected artist, and the Fenian terrorists.Through it all there is Victoria; how she coped with the fear and became a symbol of resolve and determination. Each chapter of this book captures the drama of the attack and uncovers the would-be assassin's motives, describing their lives up to that point, their...

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