02416nam 2200553 450 991046239330332120200520144314.00-85772-143-71-280-87645-X(CKB)2670000000210509(EBL)945539(OCoLC)796383108(SSID)ssj0000692576(PQKBManifestationID)12315763(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000692576(PQKBWorkID)10636915(PQKB)10506600(MiAaPQ)EBC945539(Au-PeEL)EBL945539(CaONFJC)MIL371776(EXLCZ)99267000000021050920151009h20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQueen Victoria a life /Lytton StracheyLondon, England ;New York, New York :Tauris Parke Paperbacks,2012.©20121 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78076-048-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 NamesLytton 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 whicQueensGreat BritainBiographyGreat BritainHistoryVictoria, 1837-1901Electronic books.Queens941.081092Strachey Lytton1880-1932,136288MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462393303321Queen Victoria1044469UNINA