Yvonne M Ward
Auteur de Censoring Queen Victoria: How Two Gentlemen Edited a Queen and Created an Icon
Œuvres de Yvonne M Ward
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Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Australia
- Pays (pour la carte)
- Australia
- Lieux de résidence
- Victoria, Australia
- Études
- La Trobe University (PhD)
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Critiques
Interesting book about the compilation of QV's letters and how her son, King Edward VII, influenced the editing of her correspondence through the two gents he hired to do the job.
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- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 65
- Popularité
- #261,994
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 6
But what I'd like to know is: What the hell does their sex lives & perversions have to do with the work they did editing Queen Victoria's letters?
According to the book, the editors Lord Escher & Benson both were prigs when it came to women, women's feelings, & femininity (which was the norm in those days) and they ignored most of Victoria's personal correspondence w/ family & friends, unless it had to do with Governance.
It was boring and I believe I missed the entire point the author was attempting to make.… (plus d'informations)