| Author: | Edith Sitwell | ISBN: | 9781504059596 |
| Publisher: | Agora Books | Publication: | July 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Agora Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edith Sitwell |
| ISBN: | 9781504059596 |
| Publisher: | Agora Books |
| Publication: | July 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Agora Books |
| Language: | English |
A lively, opinionated biography of the queen, and a vivid portrait of nineteenth-century England, from a literary icon.
‘You call me the little Queen,’ she told her uncle the King of the Belgians; ‘my body is little, but my heart is not.’
Edith Sitwell’s endearing portrait of the young Victoria chronicles her unlikely ascension to the throne: spanning the succession crisis of King George III, her enduring love and marriage to Prince Albert, and her strength and power in a male-dominated world.
Weaving in Victoria’s personal letters and diaries, Sitwell breathes life into the queen’s relationships with her family and her court. A rich exploration of Victoria’s reign and a social document of Victorian Britain, Victoria of England vividly illustrates the life of the iconic monarch with insight and emotion.
A lively, opinionated biography of the queen, and a vivid portrait of nineteenth-century England, from a literary icon.
‘You call me the little Queen,’ she told her uncle the King of the Belgians; ‘my body is little, but my heart is not.’
Edith Sitwell’s endearing portrait of the young Victoria chronicles her unlikely ascension to the throne: spanning the succession crisis of King George III, her enduring love and marriage to Prince Albert, and her strength and power in a male-dominated world.
Weaving in Victoria’s personal letters and diaries, Sitwell breathes life into the queen’s relationships with her family and her court. A rich exploration of Victoria’s reign and a social document of Victorian Britain, Victoria of England vividly illustrates the life of the iconic monarch with insight and emotion.
