This is a portrait of Victoria as the formidable, demanding, capricious queen of popular imagination, which also shows her as often shy and vulnerable, prone to giggling fits and crying jags.
She ruled for 63 years and brought respect to the throne. Her letters to her daughter reveal, in a new light, many of the important events of the late 19th century.
In this book the author incorporates the hitherto unpublished journal written by Queen Victoria during her stay in Switzerland when she was accompanied by a daughter.
Strachey's celebrated biography of Queen Victoria, beautifully illustrated with contemporary paintings and photographs.Giles Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) was an English biographer.