Книга: WILSON, A. N. «VICTORIA»

VICTORIA

Производитель: "Неизвестный"

Both the longest reigning British monarch and female sovereign in history, Queen Victoria was a figure of profound paradox who has mystified historians for over a century. Now in this magisterial biography, A. N. Wilson rebukes the conventional wisdom about her life--that she was merely a `funny little woman in a bonnet` who did next to nothing--to show to she was in fact intensely involved in state affairs despite a public facade of inaction. More than just the stock image of a stuffy, unsmiling widow in mourning, Wilson`s complete immersion in Victoria`s countless letters and journals reveals the carefully nuanced portrait of a monarch possessed by family immigrant insecurities, a reluctant public figure who learned to exploit public display, a mother who hated pregnancy, and above all, a political luminary who created and controlled the story of her life, true or otherwise. With dramatic sweep and novelistic style, Victoria: A Life is an accomplished work from a true authority on... ISBN:9780143127871

Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2015)

ISBN: 9780143127871

Wilson, A.N.

▪ British essayist, journalist, and author
in full  Andrew Norman Wilson 
born Oct. 27, 1950, Stone, Staffordshire, Eng.

      English essayist, journalist, and author of satiric novels of British society and of scholarly biographies of literary figures. His characters are typically eccentric, sexually ambiguous, and aimless.

      Wilson attended New College, Oxford (B.A., 1972; M.A., 1976), began a teaching career, and spent a year training for the priesthood before deciding to concentrate on writing. His first novel, The Sweets of Pimlico (1977), centres upon an introverted woman who is drawn into the mysterious world of an elderly aristocratic man. Wilson's next two novels, Unguarded Hours (1978) and Kindly Light (1979), chronicle the misadventures of a man who begins a career in organized religion.

      Wilson's satiric writing ranges from the sometimes outrageous comedy of Who Was Oswald Fish? (1981) and Scandal (1983) to the black comedy of The Healing Art (1980), Wise Virgin (1982), The Vicar of Sorrows (1993), and My Name Is Legion (2004). His other novels include works set in the past, such as Gentleman in England (1985); Love Unknown (1986); The Lampitt Papers, a novel sequence about a well-known biographer that includes Incline Our Hearts (1988), A Bottle in the Smoke (1990), Daughters of Albion (1991), Hearing Voices (1995), and A Watch in the Night (1996); and Winnie and Wolf (2007). An esteemed biographer himself, Wilson wrote books on Sir Walter Scott (Scott, Sir Walter, 1st Baronet), John Milton (Milton, John), Hilaire Belloc (Belloc, Hilaire), Leo Tolstoy (Tolstoy, Leo), C.S. Lewis (Lewis, C.S.), Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul (Paul, the Apostle, Saint), and Iris Murdoch (Murdoch, Dame Iris). His popular histories include God's Funeral (1999), The Victorians (2002), London: A Short History (2004), and After the Victorians (2005). He also composed essays on religion and contributed regularly to several London newspapers.

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Источник: Wilson, A.N.

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