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Queen Victoria - A Life of Contradictions (Paperback)
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Queen Victoria - A Life of Contradictions (Paperback)
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List price R275
Loot Price R205
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A fresh, witty, accessible life of Queen Victoria. Not since Lytton
Strachey has the irony, contradictions and influence of this Queen
been treated with such flourish or biographical insight. Reigning
over a lifetime, Queen Victoria embodied the spirit of the
contradictory era to which she lent her name. She championed modern
art and photography but resisted education for the working classes
and woman's suffrage; she advocated cultural imperialism, tempered
by imperial compassion; in her deference to her husband Prince
Albert and her protracted mourning of his death, she combined
wifely submission with regal obstinacy. Original and accessible,
'Queen Victoria' is a compelling assessment of the ruler's
mercurial character, her key relationships and her impact on her
own age and beyond.
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