Eminent Victorians
by Lytton Strachey
“Meet the legends of the British Empire—once they’ve been stripped of their halos.”
Lytton Strachey shatters the gilded pedestals of four legendary icons in this witty, irreverent masterpiece that forever changed the art of biography. With sharp psychological insight and a biting sense of humor, he strips away the layers of Victorian myth to reveal the flawed, fascinating humans beneath.
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