I'm currently about two-thirds through
Queen Victoria and enjoying it very much. Strachey's style is impeccable and his ability to give us all the important information so concisely is very impressive. He also has some delightful turns of phrase, as for example this towards the end of Chapter 4, "Marriage":
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The last vestige of the eighteenth century had disappeared; cynicism and subtlety were shrivelled into powder; and duty, industry, morality, and domesticity triumphed over them. Even the very chairs and tables had assumed, with a singular responsiveness, the forms of prim solidity. The Victorian Age was in full swing.
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