Overview
Queen Victoria is Britain's queen of contradictions. In her combination of deep sentimentality and bombast; cultural imperialism and imperial compassion; fear of intellectualism and excitement at technology; romanticism and prudishness, she became a spirit of the age to which she gave her name. Victoria embraced photography, railway travel and modern art; she resisted compulsory education for the working classes, recommended for a leading women's rights campaigner 'a good whipping' and detested smoking. She may or may not have been amused. Meanwhile she reinvented the monarchy and wrestled with personal reinvention. She lived in the shadow of her mother and then under the tutelage of her husband; finally she embraced self-reliance during her long widowhood. Fresh, witty and accessible, Matthew Dennison's Queen Victoria is a compelling assessment of Victoria's mercurial character and impact, written with the irony, flourish and insight that this Queen and her rule so richly deserve.
Full Product Details
Author: Matthew Dennison
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 20.10cm
Weight: 0.181kg
ISBN: 9781250072108
ISBN 10: 1250072107
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 23 June 2015
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Dennison constructs a remarkable portrait of the queen. Publishers Weekly A judicious but lively biography of the highly un-Victorian Queen Victoria...this is an insightful, short look at the life of an inmortal if only sometime-admirable queen Kirkus
Dennison constructs a remarkable portrait of the queen. --Publishers Weekly A judicious but lively biography of the highly un-Victorian Queen Victoria...this is an insightful, short look at the life of an inmortal if only sometime-admirable queen --Kirkus
Dennison constructs a remarkable portrait of the queen. - Publishers Weekly A judicious but lively biography of the highly un-Victorian Queen Victoria...this is an insightful, short look at the life of an inmortal if only sometime-admirable queen - Kirkus Dennison constructs a remarkable portrait of the queen. --Publishers Weekly A judicious but lively biography of the highly un-Victorian Queen Victoria...this is an insightful, short look at the life of an inmortal if only sometime-admirable queen --Kirkus Dennison constructs a remarkable portrait of the queen. Publishers Weekly A judicious but lively biography of the highly un-Victorian Queen Victoria...this is an insightful, short look at the life of an inmortal if only sometime-admirable queen Kirkus
Dennison constructs a remarkable portrait of the queen. - Publishers Weekly A judicious but lively biography of the highly un-Victorian Queen Victoria...this is an insightful, short look at the life of an inmortal if only sometime-admirable queen - Kirkus
Author Information
MATTHEW DENNISON is the author of the critically acclaimed The Last Princess and Livia, Empress of Rome. As a journalist, he contributes to The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Country Life, and The Spectator. He is married and lives in London and North Wales.
