Queen Victoria by Matthew Dennison

Queen Victoria by Matthew Dennison

'Queen Victoria had a very complicated and psychologically fascinating personality and only a very talented biographer could get to the key of her character. Fortunately in Matthew Dennison's pithy, well-researched, beautifully written and very accessible book, she has found one' Andrew Roberts

‘Sometimes caustic about her stubbornness and passions, often admiring of her frankness and honesty, Dennison's Queen Victoria sweeps us through the monarch's long and colourful life at a collected canterHe draws on imagery of her reign, including portraits of her with John Brown, to startlingly good effect, making us see with new eyes the lone young queen, later the Widow of Windsor and, in a final role, Grandmama of Europe’ Flora Fraser

‘Dennison tells Victoria's story with the sort of quick wit and high polish associated with biographical writing of an earlier age … He does an excellent job of catching the silliness and the stalwartness of Queen Victoria … A biographical portrait that aims to catch the quirky essence of its subject, rather than force-feed the reader a long list of familiar facts' Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday

'Matthew Dennison has pulled off a tremendous coup in writing a short and concise book, encapsulating Victoria's life in 152 small pages. Short books can sometimes be superficial overviews, but this one has the confidence of considerable research, well digested and well delivered… For anyone approaching Queen Victoria for the first time, this is perfect' Hugo Vickers, Times

'This illuminating book gives us Victoria in deliberately bite-sized chunks … Dennison's dry wit and concise analysis bring new life to a monarch we all thought we knew' Daily Express

'In elegant, eloquent prose, Matthew Dennison has written a close-focus and perceptive account of a complex woman' Country Life

'Intelligent, pithy and well-researched, this book offers an insight into the woman who became the figurehead of Britain at her best. A refreshing history' The Field

‘One is left breathless with admiration for the great Queen’ The Tablet

‘[Matthew Dennison] has done an adroit and incisive job of tying together Victoria’s many loose ends’ Spectator

Matthew Dennison is the author of seven critically acclaimed works of non-fiction, including ‘Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West’, a Book of the Year in The Times, Spectator, Independent and Observer. His most recent book is ‘Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter’. He is a contributor to Country Life and Telegraph.

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ISBN 13	9780007504572
ISBN 10	0007504578
Title	Queen Victoria
Author	Matthew Dennison
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2013-08-15
Number of pages	208
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