Five Victorians
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair/Poor. No dust jacket. The book is open to the title page showing yellowed. Pages appear tanned. Previous owner. Binding appears intact but age-worn.
Five Victorians by Lytton Strachey is a masterwork of biographical writing that chronicles the lives of five towering figures of the Victorian era: Queen Victoria, General Gordon, Florence Nightingale, Cardinal Manning, and Dr. Arnold of Rugby. Written with Strachey's signature wit and irreverence, the collection dismantles the heroic mythology surrounding these celebrated personalities, exposing the contradictions and human frailties beneath their legendary reputations. Originally published as part of his celebrated Eminent Victorians series, Strachey presents each subject with incisive psychological insight, drawing on a formidable command of historical detail to build portraits that are as entertaining as they are illuminating. The prose is sharp, elegant, and often laced with irony — a style that revolutionised the art of biography in the twentieth century and cemented Strachey's place as one of the most influential writers of the Bloomsbury Group.
Author: Lytton Strachey
Format: Hardback
Published: 1942, The Reprint Society
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair/Poor. No dust jacket. The book is open to the title page showing yellowed. Pages appear tanned. Previous owner. Binding appears intact but age-worn.
Five Victorians by Lytton Strachey is a masterwork of biographical writing that chronicles the lives of five towering figures of the Victorian era: Queen Victoria, General Gordon, Florence Nightingale, Cardinal Manning, and Dr. Arnold of Rugby. Written with Strachey's signature wit and irreverence, the collection dismantles the heroic mythology surrounding these celebrated personalities, exposing the contradictions and human frailties beneath their legendary reputations. Originally published as part of his celebrated Eminent Victorians series, Strachey presents each subject with incisive psychological insight, drawing on a formidable command of historical detail to build portraits that are as entertaining as they are illuminating. The prose is sharp, elegant, and often laced with irony — a style that revolutionised the art of biography in the twentieth century and cemented Strachey's place as one of the most influential writers of the Bloomsbury Group.