Yvonne M Ward
Autor von Censoring Queen Victoria: How Two Gentlemen Edited a Queen and Created an Icon
Werke von Yvonne M Ward
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- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Australia
- Land (für Karte)
- Australia
- Wohnorte
- Victoria, Australia
- Ausbildung
- La Trobe University (PhD)
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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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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.… (mehr)