{"title":"Lytton Strachey","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"rainha-vitoria-edicao-de-bolso","title":"QUEEN VICTORY (POCKET EDITION)","description":"Lytton Stratchey revolutionized the art of biography by utilizing elements of fiction and a new narrative format to create profiles. In QUEEN VICTORY, part of the Great Translations Collection, Stratchey created the finest literary portrait of the monarch who is the symbol of the British Empire. Victoria reigned for nearly 64 years—the longest reign in English history. Her reign was synonymous with an era—the Victorian era—marked by the beginning of industrialization, Britain's economic expansion, and the advances that gave us the theory of evolution, new patterns of urban development, the spread of newspapers, the invention of photography, and extraordinary artistic and technological development. However, the same Victorian era of glory and achievement that led to the imprisonment of writer Oscar Wilde was also the era of the Great Famine that killed over a million people in Ireland, the First Opium War in China, and the British occupation of Egypt. A brilliant critic, Strachey witnessed part of Victoria's reign but was not among her most loyal subjects. After publishing Eminent Victorians in 1918, QUEEN VICTORY cemented the author's reputation and surprised with its approach, transforming him into an interpreter of a time. In the book, the author also explores the alliances and disputes with politicians and prime ministers such as Lord Melbourne, Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli, and William Gladstone, and examines the relationship between the Crown and Parliament. Stratchey revisits the childhood, youth, and maturity of the woman who ascended to the throne at 18, mothered nine children, and became a wife and widow obsessed with the memory of her husband, Prince Albert—a German nobleman rejected by the British people. In QUEEN VICTORY, the author also reveals a hero from the queen's diaries, the Scottish servant John Brown, a controversial character who played a role in the years of mourning and depression following her husband's death. Victoria was a devoted and passionate wife. When Albert died at age 46 in 1861, the queen fell into a deep depression and opted for seclusion for many years. Even so, she never failed to fulfill any of her commitments as queen, reigning until 1901, when she died. QUEEN VICTORY is a surprising and fascinating book about the life of one of the most important figures in history, revealing the psychological nuances of the woman opposed to female emancipation who reigned over the largest empire in history, naming an age symbolized by progress and conservatism. Giles Lytton Strachey was born in 1880 in London and died in 1932 in Berkeshire. A graduate of Cambridge University and a member of the Bloomsbury group, he was renowned for his essays, literary criticism, and biographies. He published *Landmarks in French Literature*, *Eminent Victorians*, *Elizabeth and Esses*, and *Portraits in Miniature*. \"Queen Victoria revolutionized the art of biography. A masterpiece.\" E.M. Forster. \"Lytton Strachey's Queen Victoria will be Queen Victoria. The other versions will wither and disappear. It was a prodigious achievement.\" Virginia Woolf. \"A classic of English literature.\" The New Republic","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174847987964,"sku":"9788577992782","price":49.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/b4556afaf8caff58fee12bd84b23cfe3_89994bfa-eff8-466a-bf33-89f504004425.jpg?v=1778326212"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/lytton-strachey.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}