Victorian

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"And it's a very important story to tell. Queen Victoria learned Urdu for 13 years; that’s a big deal, especially these days when you have so much racism around, so much anti-Muslim feeling."

From Time • Sep. 25, 2017

But when Alan Burger, an ecologist at the University of Victoria, learned of these trees two decades ago, he wondered what benefit the trees might be receiving.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2017

Edward Prince of Wales grew up to be neither perfect nor anything like the Prince Consort, as Victoria learned to her dismay.

From Time Magazine Archive

From that confused dawn full of hurrying footsteps and nervous whispering when Victoria learned that she was Britain's ruler until the Diamond Jubilee, the action of the play extends.

From Time Magazine Archive