Queen Victoria
by Strachey, Lytton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
This is the definitive biography of Britain’s greatest monarch, who “was hailed at once as the mother of her people and as the embodied symbol of their imperial greatness.” “One of the surpassingly beautiful prose achievements of our time” (Chicago Daily News). Index; illustrations.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024034
- Title
- Queen Victoria
- Author
- Strachey, Lytton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY, GREAT BRITAIN ROYALTY, ENGLAND LORD PALMERSTON PRINCE LEOPOLD DISRAELI ALBERT SIR ROBERT PEEL
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