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Bezig met laden... Victoria: A Life (2014)door A. N. Wilson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A good, informative and entertaining audiobook on this colossus of a figure from the nineteenth-century. ( ) I'd thought I'd read this on the back of the TV series of Victoria, and despite, some political bits which I couldn't get to grips with and Victoria's numerous children and children who married into other dynasties, which I got confused with, this was a fantastic read. It was a totally different world then, and the book was a real page turner. Presents a Victoria who is just what we thought she wasn't: humorous, disrespectful of the role of purely constitutional monarch, reactionary, highly political, intelligent, and so on. Mr Wilson writes well and is always interesting, but this revisionist Victoria seems awfully convenient for an author who has made his reputation as a contrarian. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria's coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown, all set against the backdrop of a momentous epoch in Britain's history -- and the world's. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)941.081092History and Geography Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1837- Period of Victoria and House of Windsor Victoria 1837-1901LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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