Queen Victoria : a life / / Lytton Strachey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462393303321
• Autore: Strachey Lytton <1880-1932, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, , 2012; ©2012
• ISBN: 0-85772-143-7; 1-280-87645-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.081092
• Soggetti: Queens - Great Britain; Electronic books.; Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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