Queen Victoria [Paperback]

Giles Lytton Strachey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 6, 2010

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Great Britain; Queens; Biography

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: General Books LLC (March 6, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1153735830
• ISBN-13: 978-1153735834
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,237,112 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #97 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical > British > Queen Victoria

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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pivotal & Engaging, May 19, 2010

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L A B (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Queen Victoria (Paperback)

Strachey's book was published orginally in 1921 and was a pivotal biography according to Linda Wagner-Martin in "Telling Women's Lives - The New Biography". This book broke away from tradition and provided a deeper look at the Queen and all those around her by abandoning the notion of promoting a person's successess and strengths and instead paints the portrait of a human with weaknesses, motivations, strengths, and stuggles. The reader sees the Queen in relationships that become history and see the impact of personality in making decisions.

The book is engaging especially once Victoria moves beyond childhood and becomes Queen. The portrait of Edward and Victoria's relationship is vivid. The story provides a rich understanding of places in the lives of the royal family that continue today, namely Balmoral, and give a glimpse at the royal family culture that can be seen in current events. It is more than a book about Queen Victoria.

Enjoy!

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An engaging study of a fascinating monarch, September 10, 2010

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Carla (Australia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Queen Victoria (Cop's Daughter) (Kindle Edition)

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 1921 biography of the British monarch, Queen Victoria, is a highly readable insight into this long-reigning queen.

Many public domain books can be slow to read, with language that is sometimes archaic when compared to contemporary writing. This is not the case with Strachey's work. Not only does it thoroughly cover Victoria's life from childhood to death, but it is an engaging read that explores Victoria's relationships, both personal and professional. I particularly liked reading of the love between Victoria and her husband, Albert, much of which is detailed in Victoria's journals and letters. I also enjoyed Strachey's turn of phrase and his ability to create such effective word-pictures of this fascinating monarch and her life.

If you have any interest in history or curiosity about British monarchs I think you will enjoy this book. I certainly did - far more than I expected to.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars well documented brings Victoria in a different light, October 25, 2010

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clayton (trinidad and tobago) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Queen Victoria (Cop's Daughter) (Kindle Edition)

Brings Queen Victoria into a very different light , shows that shes a woman above all , the book touches the love story of the century gone that was her marriage to Albert