Thread: Literary Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey
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Old 09-23-2013, 07:42 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Bookpossum View Post
My main surprise in the book was just how much involvement (and sometimes interference) Victoria and Albert had in the affairs of state. They were really trying to run foreign affairs, particularly where countries connected to one or other of their numerous relatives were involved. Bookworm_Girl quoted the comment on the increase of the power of the Crown from 1840 and 1861, and then its decline. This of course was because of the influence of Albert. What a gifted and interesting man he was.

Great nomination once again, issybird!
Yes, a wonderful nomination!

Albert certainly dominates things in the central section of the biography.
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