Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey (sites to read books for free TXT) π
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The publication of Lytton Stracheyβs Eminent Victorians in 1918 was a tremendous success. In it, Strachey looked at four iconic figures of the Victorian Age and punctured the hagiographical illusions surrounding them. It seems only fitting that he should follow up in 1921 with a similarly unsentimental but fair biography of the person at the pinnacle of that era, Queen Victoria herself.
Thoroughly researched, with his references documented in hundreds of footnotes, Strachey looks at the life of the young woman who, when she was born, was by no means certain to become the British monarch. He also spends considerable time on her consort, Prince Albert, who, in Stracheyβs telling, develops from a careless youth to becoming a truly remarkable and effective figure in British society, while continuing to be generally perceived as an outsider.
Stracheyβs sardonic and witty style makes this account of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert an entertaining and very informative read.
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In 1889 it was officially stated that the Queenβs total savings from the Civil List amounted to Β£824,025, but that out of this sum much had been spent on special entertainments to foreign visitors. Taking into consideration the proceeds from the Duchy of Lancaster, which were more than Β£60,000 a year, the savings of the Prince Consort, and Mr. Neildβs legacy, it seems probable that, at the time of her death, Victoriaβs private fortune approached two million pounds. β©
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