The Victorians (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: A. N. Wilson
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1832-1901
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, William Ewart Gladstone, Cardinal Manning
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Politics, Colonialism, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Science or scientists, Class consciousness, England or English people, Economics, Kings, queens, or royalty, Publishing or publishers, Reconstruction, Popular culture, Imperialism, Great Britain, Industrialization
- Locales: England
As a writer, A. N. Wilson is no stranger to monumental tasks. His magisterial biographies of Leo Tolstoy and C. S. Lewis, Jesus Christ and Saint Paul suggest he is undaunted by the challenge of traversing vast tracts of history and personality and undeterred by the fact that others may have been over his territory rather thoroughly before. To take on the better part of a century, to organize the tumultuous history of Victorian England—its sprawling events and richly complicated personalities—into a single coherent and readable volume requires a heroic grasp. Happily, in Wilson’s...
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