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Julia Baird (2)

Autor/a de Victoria: The Queen

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Crèdit de la imatge: Journalist Julia Baird before a graffiti wall in 2019 By Susan Papazian, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95976028

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I was a bit iffy on this book when I started (there was an element of privilege that I wasn’t sure would be addressed, but then it kind of was…) but I got into it a bit more as it progressed. Bonus points for mentioning Story Factory :)
 
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Amzzz | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | Sep 11, 2022 |
A thoughtful reflection on life from a position of near death. How do we go on when everything seems dark? I loved listening to Julia read this - there were parts I might otherwise have sped through.m
 
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oldblack | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | Sep 11, 2022 |
This is the best biography of Queen Victoria I have read with lots of personal details that I previously had not known. It humanized and cast Victoria in a completely differ
 
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susannelson | Hi ha 25 ressenyes més | Aug 31, 2022 |
Queen Victoria gave her name to an age, but I'd not really considered her life as a whole until this biography. Spanning almost the entire nineteenth century (Victoria was born in 1819 and passed away in 1901), Victoria's life provides an interesting prism through which to gain insight into Europe from the end of the Napoleonic war to beginning of World War I. Indeed, Victoria's many children and family relationships played a role in creating the circumstances which led to the first world war. Victoria as a person was also intriguing - a woman both of her time and one who challenged it as well, as only a woman ruling during a patriarchal age can. This is an excellent biography for those hoping to understand Victoria and her era better.… (més)
 
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wagner.sarah35 | Hi ha 25 ressenyes més | Mar 25, 2022 |

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3
Membres
1,084
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#23,706
Valoració
4.2
Ressenyes
35
ISBN
81
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9

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