Queen Victoria (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Lytton Strachey
- First Published: 1921
- Time of Work: 1817–1901
- Setting: London, England
- Principal Characters: Victoria, Victoria Mary Louisa, Lord Melbourne, Prince Albert, Lord Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Politics, Nineteenth century, Marriage, England or English people, Kings, queens, or royalty, Politicians, Germany or German people, Biography, Victorian era or Victorianism, Nobility, Heads of state, Princes or princesses
- Locales: London, England, Germany
Form and Content
In Queen Victoria, Lytton Strachey has written a personal study, almost a psychological profile, rather than a political biography. He has created a singularly alive and vivid portrait of a complex woman, a woman motivated by “a peculiar sincerity.” This sincerity gave Victoria her impressiveness, her charm, and her absurdity. Strachey also covers many of the political tumults of Victoria’s reign, from the “crisis of the bedchamber ladies” to the Boer War. Yet the main thrust of his book centers on the human personality itself: the complex...
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