Dead for little more than one hundred years <strong>Queen Victoria</strong> has already beenthe subject of more biographies than any other woman born since 1800... » 

Dead for little more than one hundred years Queen Victoria has already beenthe subject of more biographies than any other woman born since 1800. Thisnewest biography from a well known historian is justified and distinguished bythe incorporation of recent research on oftenneglected aspects of her life andreign as well as its relative brevity. Including much of Victorias ownwritings from journals and letters Arnstein takes a thorough look at herpersonal life and religious views but also investigates her public role suchas her involvement with Britains army her political initiatives and herconnections with Ireland. The authors solid understanding of Victorian societyand its relationship to the queen gives this book a solidarity missing in otherbiographies of the queen. The book provides enough economic social culturaland political background knowledge to make this book accessible even to readersunfamiliar with her now distant world. «