Libros de Lytton Strachey (2 libros)

Lytton Strachey's acclaimed portrayal of Queen Victoria revolutionised the art of biography by using elements of romantic fiction and melodrama to create a warm, humorous and very human portrait of this iconic figure. We see Victoria as a strong-willed child with a famous temper, as the eighteen-year-old girl queen, as a monarch, wife, mother and widow. Equally fascinating are the depictions of her relationships: with her governess, 'precious Lehzen', with Peel, Gladstone and Disraeli, with her beloved Albert and, in later life, her legendary devotion to her Highland servant John Brown, all...

"La muerte de los filósofos suele tormarse más en serio que la de la mayoría de los mortales, tal vez porque otras muertes resultan débiles en relación a lo que se extingue cuando un filósofo muere." --Contratapa.