Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey is one of the masterpieces of modern biography, a witty and humane portrait of the monarch who gave her name to an age. Strachey traces Victoria from her sheltered childhood to her marriage with Albert, her long widowhood, and her final years as the revered empress of a vast realm.
Following his celebrated Eminent Victorians, Strachey here turns his ironic, sympathetic art to the queen herself, balancing affection with shrewd psychological insight. The book remains a model of biographical writing and a definitive literary portrait of British royalty. This free EPUB download offers the complete biography.