Queen Victoria: Gender and Power - Softcover

Dorothy Thompson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184408597X ISBN 13: 9781844085972

Publisher: Virago Press, 2008

Synopsis

Queen Victoria *Timely re-issue of this innovative biography, complete with new preface from the author.

About this title

About the Author:

Dorothy Thompson was born in 1923 and grew up in London and France. She graduated from Cambridge having interrupted her studies to undertake war service. She was a lecturer in the history department at Birmingham University for many years and has also been a visiting professor at Rutgers, Pittsburgh and Brown Universities in the USA. She now lives in Worcester.

From School Library Journal:

YA-- A refreshing look at a woman who became a legend in her long lifetime. Thompson approaches Victoria's life from a feminist viewpoint, exploring her changing image in the eyes of a paternalistic British society: first the virginal child-queen, then the devoted young wife and mother, later the somewhat scandalous figure, and finally as the little old recluse in widow's black who was the symbol of a seemingly unchanging empire. The author digresses on occasion from Victoria's life into such broader subjects as the role of the monarchy in British society and the agitation for an end to that monarchy during the long years of her reign. Illustrated throughout with contemporary cartoons and prints, the book offers a fascinating and entertaining look at British history over the last half of the 19th century and a vivid portrait of the woman whose name and spirit dominated that era. This book will be well received by readers of British and European history and culture as well as by those looking for pleasure reading.
- Richard Lisker, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Virago Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 184408597X
• ISBN 13: 9781844085972
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196