The classic biography of the Duke of Wellington, reissued with a new jacket alongside Elizabeth Longford's VICTORIA
Elizabeth Longford Livres
Elizabeth Longford était une auteure, biographe et historienne britannique. Son œuvre donnait vie à des personnages et des événements historiques grâce à une narration vivante et à une perspicacité aiguë. Elle excellait à explorer les complexités de la nature humaine et les forces sociétales qui ont façonné le passé. Son héritage littéraire perdure non seulement dans ses écrits, mais aussi dans le prix créé en sa mémoire, qui célèbre des biographies historiques exceptionnelles.
The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes
- 546pages
- 20 heures de lecture
Here is a sparkling collection of Crown jewels--from amusing tales that humanize their subjects to dramatic stories of martyrdoms, palace intrigues, and bloody battles. Elizabeth Longford, intimate of the royal family and biographer of Victoria and Elizabeth II, has assembled the best anecdotes ever written and reported about the kings and queens of England, across the full range of Britain's history from the first century A.D. to the present day.
A new edition of the classic 1964 biography of Queen Victoria, reissued for the 200th anniversary of her birth.
Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch in British history. When Albert died in 1861 Victoria's overwhelming grief caused her to almost withdraw from public life for several years.
Eminent Victorian Women
- 237pages
- 9 heures de lecture
"Longford has chosen 11 Victorian women include Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, Josephine Butler, Annie Besant, Harriet Beecher Stowe and others who in their actions or writing challenged the repressive rules of established society."--Provided by publisher
