内容简介
ChristopherHibbert’sacclaimedbiographyofQueenVictoriaisasimpressiveandauthoritativeasthegreatwomanherself.In1837aneighteen-year-oldgirl,raisedbyaGermanmother,inheritedthethroneoftheUnitedKingdom.Shewastoreignasqueen–andlaterEmpressofIndia–foralmostsixty-fouryears,presidingovertwentyprimeministersandaperiodofunprecedentedsocialandpoliticalchange.Hererabecamesynonymouswithmoralrigidityandcolonialexpansion,andthisabsorbingbiographyofQueenVictoria,theunlikelyfigureheadofavastandpowerfulempire,exploreshowtheyoungmonarchtransformedherselfintoaformidablematriarchandtheepitomeofanage.Embracingherlifeandfamily,herpoliticsandpersonality,herloveforPrinceAlbertandherrelationshipwithJohnBrown,Hibbert’stouchingbiographyisapersuasiveportraitofaremarkablewoman.
作者简介
ChristopherHibbertwaseducatedatRadleyandOrielCollege,Oxford.Heservedasaninfantryofficerduringthewar,wastwicewoundedandwasawardedtheMCin1945.Hisbooksinclude'TheDestructionofLordRaglan'(whichwontheHeinemannAwardforLiteraturein1962),'TheEnglish:ASocialHistory','CavaliersandRoundheads'and'TheGreatMutiny:India,1857'.HealsowrotebiographiesofElizabethI,GeorgeIII,GeorgeIV,Nelson,WellingtonandSamuelJohnson.Hediedin2008.