Links
Prisoners in the Palace
I had limited access to Queen Victoria's journals. In 2012 the British Royal Family relesed all the diaries! It's a good thing I didn't have this, actually, but you can take a look!
For more information about living in Victorian England:
Interested in fashion? I'm not, so I had to rely on these great sites:
One of the great biographies of Victoria, by Lytton Strachey, is available online:
Maybe Kensington Palace has sparked your interest? Here's the website:
And the lovely writers at Nineteen Teen (Marissa Doyle and Regina Scott) have put together a blog about all things 19th century. The archives are a treasure trove!
Thanks to the kids at Valley Charter Schools who found the following link and asked me to post it. It's a guiide to dating/courting in the Victorian era.
Maybe the Royal Family is your particular interest? I found these sites on an official website of the monarchy:
- www.queen-victorias-scrapbook.org
The site is provided by the Royal Household to provide a resource of information, learning materials, documents and other media about the life of Queen Victoria and, in particular, her Diamond Jubilee - www.royal.gov.uk
The official website of The British Monarchy - www.thediamondjubilee.org/
The official website of The Queen's Diamond Jubilee - www.royal.gov.uk/The Royal Collection and other collections/TheRoyalArchives/AccesstotheRoyalArchives.aspx
Access to the Royal Archives - www.royalcollection.org.uk
The Royal Collection, Royal Palaces, Residences and Art Collection - www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/jubilee
Loyal Addresses exhibit at The National Archives (TNA) - www.hrp.org.uk/KensingtonPalace/WhatsOn/viewfromthecrowd
Historic Royal Palaces exhibition 'Jubilee - a view from the crowd' : Explore the popular celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - www.hrp.org.uk/KensingtonPalace/WhatsOn/VictoriaRevealed
The Historic Royal Palaces exhibition 'Victoria Revealed' - www.balmoralcastle.com
Balmoral Castle - www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/osborne-house
Osborne House - www.royalcollection.org.uk/visit/palaceofholyroodhouse
The Palace of Holyroodhouse - www.facebook.com/TheBritishMonarchy
The British Monarchy Facebook page - twitter.com/#!/BRITISHMONARCHY
Follow The British Monarchy on Twitter - www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalChannel
The official channel of The British Monarchy - www.flickr.com/photos/britishmonarchy
The British Monarchy's photostream
General
If you are interested in the Children and Young Adult publishing world, these are the blogs I read to learn:
Are you a teenager who longs to get published? These sites are magazines and online communities where you can get published.
Cyberteens - This quarterly zine accepts creative submissions from students 19 or younger. While a fair number are published in each edition, there is a lengthy time between issues. You must register.
KidLit WebSite - "We offer all kids an opportunity to see their works published on the Worldwide Web."
Kidpub Children's Publishing - The largest collection of stories by children on the Internet
KidsWWwrite- A web-zine for young authors and readers
Merlyn's Pen You Write - "Everything you share with Merlyn's Pen -- your best poems, stories, essays, scripts, and untraditional forms -- gets looked at carefully. And every writer -- including you -- earns a personal response."
Stone Soup - Accepts work from younger children up to age 13.
Teen Ink - Submit your poetry, essays, stories and get published!
The Writers' Slate - Publishes original poetry and prose from K-12 students.
ZuZu - Kids can contribute poems, stories, art or photos to this online newspaper for kids.
