The classic biography of the Duke of Wellington, reissued with a new jacket alongside Elizabeth Longford's VICTORIA
Elizabeth Longford Libros
Elizabeth Longford fue una autora, biógrafa e historiadora británica. Su obra daba vida a figuras y acontecimientos históricos a través de una narración vívida y una perspicaz visión. Sobresalió en la exploración de las complejidades de la naturaleza humana y las fuerzas sociales que moldearon el pasado. Su legado literario perdura no solo en sus escritos, sino también en el premio establecido en su memoria, que celebra biografías históricas sobresalientes.
The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes
- 546 páginas
- 20 horas de lectura
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
- 237 páginas
- 9 horas de lectura
"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
