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Vitoria

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Retrato da rainha como moca triste, esposa satisfeita, soberana triunfante, mae castradora, viuva lastimosa, velha dama misantropa e avo da o subtitulo dessa biografia ja anuncia que a rainha Vitoria nao correspondia bem a severidade de sua imagem publica, nem ao que ainda hoje se associa a "era vitoriana". Coroada aos dezoito anos, essa rainha impulsiva governou entre 1837 e 1901 e deu a Gra-Bretanha seu reinado mais longo e estavel. O trabalho da historiadora Anka Muhlstein, fartamente documentado com fotografias e trechos do diario e da correspondencia pessoal de Vitoria, mostra que so quando a intensidade dos sentimentos vem a luz e possivel entender plenamente a soberana rigorosa que detestava hipocrisias.

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First published January 1, 1978

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Anka Muhlstein

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Anka Muhlstein was born in Paris in 1935. She has published biographies of Queen Victoria, James de Rothschild, Cavelier de La Salle, and Astolphe de Custine, a study on Catherine de Médicis, Marie de Médicis, and Anne of Austria, and a double biography, Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart. She is currently writing a volume on Proust as a reader. She has won two prizes from the Académie Française, and the Goncourt Prize for Biography. She and her husband, Louis Begley, have written a book on Venice, Venice for Lovers. They live in New York.

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