Queen Victoria

Resumen del libro

Lytton Strachey's acclaimed portrayal of Queen Victoria revolutionised the art of biography by using elements of romantic fiction and melodrama to create a warm, humorous and very human portrait of this iconic figure. We see Victoria as a strong-willed child with a famous temper, as the 18-year-old girl queen, as a monarch, wife, mother and widow. Equally fascinating are the depictions of her relationships: with her governess "precious Lehzen", with Peel, Gladstone and Disraeli, with her beloved Albert and, in later life, her legendary devotion to her Highland servant John Brown, all of which show a different side of the staid, pious image that is so often attached to her. Awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Strachey's classic biography remains one of the best and most readable accounts of the Queen who defined an era.

Biografía del autor

Pese a la brevedad de su obra, Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) es quizás el escritor más representativo del género biográfico en todo el siglo XX. Lo que tiene sin duda un especial mérito dado que su tiempo fue especialmente rico en grandes biógrafos: Stefan Zweig, Emil Ludwig, André Maurois, Dimitri Merezhkovski, G. K. Chesterton, Benjamín Jarnés y otros que merecen seguir siendo leídos incluso a más de un siglo de distancia.