Her little majesty  -  Carolly Erickson

the life of Queen Victoria

KORTE INHOUD

With her customary deft mastery of historical narrative, Carolly Erickson reveals the inner contradictions of the resolute, highminded, often cantankerous woman who became queen at the age of eighteen and reigned until her death sixty-four years later. The short, stout Victoria, diminutive in form yet dominating in spirit, emerged as the defining symbol of her age.

Seeing herself as a soldier's daughter first and foremost, Victoria stood her ground, armed with her own fortitude, while the forces of social, e...
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1997 Uitgever: Simon & Schuster 304 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0684807653 ISBN-13: 9780684807652