Victoria : a life
A.N. Wilson
Bok · Engelsk · 2014 · Biografi
| Utgitt | London : Atlantic , 2014
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| Opplysninger | '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
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| ISBN | 978-1-84887-956-0
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