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Autore: |
Strachey Lytton <1880-1932, >
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Titolo: |
Queen Victoria : a life / / Lytton Strachey
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Pubblicazione: | London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, , 2012 |
©2012 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina: | 941.081092 |
Soggetto topico: | Queens - Great Britain |
Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Queen Victoria ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-85772-143-7 |
1-280-87645-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910818877203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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