Queen of a huge empire, comparable only to ancient Rome, the grandmother of all Europe, the ruler under whom the industrial revolution took place, was a sensual woman, who loved beautiful men, military men in uniform, Scots in kilts and Indians in turbans The best dance of the kingdom, she adored balls that ended only at dawn, diluted whiskey tea and learned Italian in bel canto lessons. She preferred her servants to high-born lords, simple and kind People called her "Queen Republican" Having loved the flowers and bright colors of the Mediterranean, she brought passionate nature into fashion on the Cote d'Azur, she loved her Albert almost madly and, widowed at forty-two, until her death, she blindly followed the Lutheran principles of her German prince. This unadorned biographical narrative follows a fiery and frenetic Victoria.