| Queen Victoria Contributor(s): Strachey, Lytton (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156027569 ISBN-13: 9780156027564 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $19.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Royalty - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 77092139 |
| Series: Harvest Book |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.4" W x 7.9" (0.75 lbs) 327 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the definitive biography of Britain's greatest monarch, who "was hailed at once as the mother of her people and as the embodied symbol of their imperial greatness." "One of the surpassingly beautiful prose achievements of our time" (Chicago Daily News). Index; illustrations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Strachey, Lytton: - Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), among the most famous writers of his time, was a member of the Bloomsbury group and the author of a number of biographies. His Eminent Victorians, published in 1918, inaugurated a new style of biography distinguished by irony, wit, irreverence, and elegance of language. He is also the author of Elizabeth and Essex, Biographical Essays, and Literary Essays. |