{"product_id":"2026200008876-secondhand-queen-victoria","title":"Queen Victoria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of biographical literature, Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey chronicles the remarkable life of Britain's longest-reigning monarch with sharp wit, psychological insight, and elegant prose. Strachey presents the Queen not as a remote imperial figurehead, but as a vivid, complex human being — from her sheltered childhood under the oppressive Kensington System, through her passionate marriage to Prince Albert, to her prolonged widowhood and iron-willed reign over a vast empire. Written in Strachey's characteristically ironic and incisive style, the biography uncovers the tensions between Victoria's private emotions and her public duties, illuminating the contradictions at the heart of the Victorian age. First published in 1921, this seminal work redefined the art of biography, arguing implicitly that the personal and the political are inseparable, and it remains essential reading for anyone seeking to understand nineteenth-century Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956423340251,"sku":"2026200008876-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/77fa24f3-85b7-4573-92f9-294dee7d9529.png?v=1783500858","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008876-secondhand-queen-victoria","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}