Queen Victoria by Matthew Dennison

Queen Victoria by Matthew Dennison

Queen Victoria is Britain's queen of contradictions. In her combination of deep sentimentality and bombast; cultural imperialism and imperial compassion; fear of intellectualism and excitement at technology; romanticism and prudishness, she became a spirit of the age to which she gave her name.

Victoria embraced photography, railway travel and modern art; she resisted compulsory education for the working classes, recommended for a leading women's rights campaigner 'a good whipping' and detested smoking. She may or may not have been amused.

Meanwhile she reinvented the monarchy and wrestled with personal reinvention. She lived in the shadow of her mother and then under the tutelage of her husband; finally she embraced self-reliance during her long widowhood. Fresh, witty and accessible, Matthew Dennison's Queen Victoria is a compelling assessment of Victoria's mercurial character and impact, written with the irony, flourish and insight that this Queen and her rule so richly deserve.

Dennison, Matthew: - Matthew Dennison is the author of The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter and Livia, Empress of Rome. A journalist, he contributes to The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Country Life, and The Spectator. He is married and lives in London and North Wales.

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ISBN 13	9781250072108
ISBN 10	1250072107
Titel	Queen Victoria
Autor	Matthew Dennison
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	St. Martin's Griffin
Erscheinungsjahr	2015-06-23
Seitenanzahl	208
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