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Queen Victoria
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Artikel-Nr:
9781780760483
Veröffentl:
2012
Seiten:
256
Autor:
Lytton Strachey
Gewicht:
258 g
Format:
198x158x30 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) , one of the most famous writers of his time, was a pioneer of a new style of biography. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group, he was best known for writing Eminent Victorians, a collection of biographies of Victorian heroes: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and General Gordon. He is also the author of, among others, Landmarks, Elizabeth and Essex and Queen Victoria.
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 of the staid, pious image that is so often attached to her. Awarded 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.
Presents a portrayal of Queen Victoria. This title shows Victoria as a strong-willed child with a famous temper, as the 18-year-old girl queen, as a monarch, wife, mother and widow. It presents the depictions of her relationships: with her governess precious Lehzen, with Peel, Gladstone and Disraeli, with her beloved Albert and more.
Presents a portrayal of Queen Victoria. This title shows Victoria as a strong-willed child with a famous temper, as the 18-year-old girl queen, as a monarch, wife, mother and widow. It presents the depictions of her relationships: with her governess precious Lehzen, with Peel, Gladstone and Disraeli, with her beloved Albert and more.
1 Antecedents2 Childhood3 Lord Melbourne4 Marriage5 Lord Palmerston6 Last Years of Prince Consort7 Widowhood8 Gladstone and Lord Beaconsfield9 Old Age10 The EndBibliographyIndex of Names