Eminent Victorians, Lytton Strachey’s wonderfully witty and Wildean quartet of biographies, stands out as one of the most radical and groundbreaking works of its genre. With relentless precision, Strachey explores the lives of four exemplars of the Victorian age: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold and General Gordon, irreverently bringing to light the flaws, strengths, ambitions and hypocrisies of these treasured legends. The combination of thrilling and imaginative narratives with Strachey’s ironic reckoning shocked many contemporary readers of the time, and even altered th Eminent Victorians (EN) - Lytton Strachey od authora Lytton Strachey a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Lytton Strachey |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
4:13 |
| Rok vydání |
2016 |
| Žánr |
životopisy |
| Nakladatelství |
Naxos Audiobooks |
