Historical astuteness aside, the pages gallop along enhanced by titillating morsels of info-like a certain Prime Minister's predilection for whipping, in and out of the bedroom. New York Times Best Sellers 2016 - Which are your favorites (53 books) Discover new books on Goodreads Meet your next favorite book Join Goodreads Listopia New York Times Best Sellers 2016 - Which are your favorites I included the Fiction and Non-Fiction top sellers each week up to Nov 27, 2016. On a geopolitical level, Baird's sweeping historical portrait also illuminates just how interconnected the European royal families were during this time-Victoria's Belgian cousin, King Leopold II, perpetrated genocide in the Congo while her German nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm II, would go on to initiate World War I. a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera, New York Times, March 8, 2017. So what you’re really getting are my choices for. Zadie Smith, Swing Time (New York: Penguin Press, 2016). (She also bore nine children and survived eight assassination attempts.) In Baird's deft portrayal, Victoria lives, breathes, and struts before us in all her complexity, and so do her consorts, particularly her politically ambitious husband Prince Albert-and later her "Scottish stallion" and probable lover, John Brown. Although it wasn’t done by design, this year’s 10 Best Crime Novels fall neatly into various subgenres. Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Bairdĭon't be fooled by the demure portrait of Victoria on the cover-here is a woman who reigned over a quarter of the world's population at the height of her rule.
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