Hubbard, Kate. Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household. Harper. May 2013. 432p. photogs. notes, bibliog. index. ISBN 9780062269911. $29.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062269935

摘要

"Lady of the bedchamber," "Superintendent of the nursery," "Maid-of-Honour," and "Resident Medical Attendant" were some of the positions in Queen Victoria's court household. As impressive as these titles might sound, those ladies and gentlemen of the lesser aristocracy who filled them did so largely out of a sense of duty. Life in the royal household is described as "miserable," made up of "stiff dinners, ditch water and cold, bedrooms."