Ebook {Epub PDF} Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey

Queen Victoria, Paperback by Strachey, Lytton; Blake, Sheba, Brand New, Free New New New. $ Free shipping Free shipping Free shipping. Lytton Strachey QUEEN VICTORIA 21st Printing. $ $ previous price $ 9% off 9% off previous price $ 9% offEnd date: . An Excerpt from Lytton Strachey's Queen Victoria The final years were years of apotheosis. In the dazzled imagination of her subjects Victoria soared aloft towards the regions of . Giles Lytton Strachey was an early 20th century writer and biographer who developed a reputation for writing biographies that dealt with individuals as people, rather than the events they were associated with. His biography of the British monarch, Queen Victoria, is a /5(66).

This is an almost perfect biography—in a small volume it gives the essentials of Victoria's life in a most agreeable prose style. It is not an academic biography which attempts to cover everything in detail, but a charming, well-written general biography that is an absolute delight to read. Read Chapter V. Lord Palmerston of Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey. The text begins: I In the Prince's fortunes reached their high-water mark. The success of the Great Exhibition enormously increased his reputation and seemed to assure him henceforward a leading place in the national life. But before the year was out another triumph, in a very different sphere of action, was also his. 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 year-old girl queen, as a monarch, wife, mother and widow.

Giles Lytton Strachey was an early 20th century writer and biographer who developed a reputation for writing biographies that dealt with individuals as people, rather than the events they were associated with. His biography of the British monarch, Queen Victoria, is a highly readable insight into this long-reigning queen. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg. Lytton Strachey wrote this biography of Queen Victoria only 20 years after she died. He was well placed in English society and knew many of the people the queen had known. He invented the form of biography we know today-the psychological profile, and he was not at all afraid to criticize his royal and aristocratic subjects.