Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey
WIINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE Strachey's classic biography remains one of the best and most readable accounts of the queen who defined an era. Lytton Strachey's acclaimed portrayal of Queen Victoria revolutionised the art of biography by using elements of romantic fiction and melodrama to create a warm, humorous and very human portrait of this iconic figure. We see Victoria as a strong-willed child with a famous temper, as the 18-year-old girl queen, as a monarch, wife, mother and widow. Equally fascinating are the depictions of her relationships: with her governess 'precious Lehzen', with Peel, Gladstone and Disraeli, with her beloved Albert and, in later life, her legendary devotion to her Highland servant John Brown, all of which show a different side to the staid, pious image that is so often attached to her.
Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), one of the most famous writers of his time, was a prominent member of the Bloomsbury Set and pioneer of a new style of biography. Author of, among others, Landmarks, Eminent Victorians and Elizabeth and Essex (also Tauris Parke Paperbacks).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780760483 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780760485 |
| Title | Queen Victoria |
| Author | Lytton Strachey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2012-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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