Timeline
Lifetime:
1880 -
1932
Passed: ≈
92 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Giles Lytton Strachey
Books by Giles Lytton Strachey
Queen Victoria
History
Non-Fiction
Biography
19th century
Politics
Biography
Culture
Society
England
Monarchy
Queen
Victorian era
Victoria
Historical Figure
Royal Family
British History
Lytton Strachey
Eminent Victorians
Strachey
Lytton Strachey’s first great success, and his most famous achievement, was "Eminent Victorians" (1918), a collection of four short biographies of Victorian heroes. With a dry wit, he exposed the human failings of his subjects and what he saw as the...
Eminent Victorians
History
Non-Fiction
Essays
Biography
Biography
Imperialism
Hypocrisy
social commentary
Victorian era
Moral Ambiguity
Historical Figures
Social reform
Political Figures
Religious Leaders
Public School System
Nineteenth Century
In *Eminent Victorians*, Giles Lytton Strachey examines the lives of four prominent figures from Victorian England: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Arnold, and General Gordon. Strachey employs a sharp and often satirical tone to dissect t...