Queen Victoria

by Lytton Strachey

Lytton Strachey developed a new form of biography which provided insights and sympathy for his subjects. Queen Victoria (1921) and Eminent Victorians (1918) explified this new approach to give readers a more intimate perspective. Queen Victoria was born in 1819, crowned at the age of 18, died in 1901, and was one of the longest living monarchs, ruling the British empire for sixty three years and seven months.
Portrait photograph by Bassano, 1882

Table of Contents

Chapter I. Antecedents

Chapter II. Childhood

Chapter III. Lord Melbourne

Chapter IV. Marriage

Chapter V. Lord Palmerston

Chapter VI. Last Years of Prince Consort

Chapter VII. Widowhood

Chapter VIII. Gladstone and Lord Beaconsfield

Chapter XI. Old Age

Chapter X. The End

Bibliography and List of References

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