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Queen Victoria and the Cult of Death

Queen Victoria and the Cult of Death

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Queen Victoria’s grief not only shaped her own reign but also inspired the Victorian era’s deep fascination with death and mourning.
Join James Grasby and curator Clara Woolford as they uncover how funerary practices, attitudes toward the dead, and one monarch’s sorrow came to define an age.

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Production:
Host: James Grasby
Producer: Pippa Tilbury-Harris & Michelle Douglass
Sound Editor: Jesus Gomez

Contributor:
Clara Woolford

Discover More:
You can learn more about Victorian life with a visit to Cragside in Northumberland:
Cragside | Northumberland | National Trust

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