Queen Victoria : a life / Lytton Strachey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Queens--Great Britain--Biography.

Queens.

Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.

Great Britain.

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.

Victoria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York, New York : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 whic

Contents:

Contents; 1. Antecedents; 2. Childhood; 3. Lord Melbourne; 4. Marriage; 5. Lord Palmerston; 6. Last Years of the Prince Consort; 7. Widowhood; 8. Mr Gladstone and Lord Beaconsflield; 9. Old Age; 10. The End; Bibliography; Index of Names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857721433

0857721437

9781280876455

128087645X

OCLC:

796383108