Description
| Product ID: | 9781848879584 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Victoria |
| Subtitle: | A Life |
| Authors: | Author: A. N. Wilson |
| Page Count: | 656 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Biography: royalty, European history, Biography: royalty, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The first comprehensively researched biography of Queen Victoria ever, by one of Britain's best biographers. This magnificent biography sheds new light on Victoria not just as a queen, but as a woman. ''Writing about Queen Victoria has been one of the most joyous experiences of my life. I have read thousands (literally) of letters never before published, and grown used to her as to a friend. Maddening? Egomaniac? Hysterical? A bad mother? Some have said so. What emerged for me was a brave, original woman who was at the very epicentre of Britain''s changing place in the world: a solitary woman in an all-male world who understood politics and foreign policy much better than some of her ministers; a person possessed by demons, but demons which she was brave enough to conquer. Above all, I became aware, when considering her eccentric friendships and deep passions, of what a loveable person she was.'' A. N. Wilson |
| Imprint Name: | Atlantic Books |
| Publisher Name: | Atlantic Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-06-04 |