Most Popular Books by Elizabeth Longford

The archetype of the stern, silent Englishman dedicated to his duty, the Duke of Wellington had all the subtlety and variety of genius. This biography uncovers the sensitive child of Irish aristocrats pushed into the army, making his name in India before returning to lead the Allied Armies to victory against Napoleon in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo.

Biography of the life of British Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria is the longest-reigning monarch in British history. In this concise biography, Lady Longford, long recognised as an authority on the subject, gives a full account of Queen Victoria''s life and provides her unique assessment of the monarch. David Cannandine hailed her Victoria RI as ''pre-eminent in the genre...the commissed biography that the great Queen never got''. Victoria ascended the throne in 1837 on the death of her uncle William IV. In 1840, she married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and for the next twenty years they were inseperable. Their descendants were to succeed to most of the thrones of Europe. When Albert died in 1861, Victoria''s overwhelming grief meant that she virtually withdrew from public life. This perceived dereliction of her duty, coupled with rumours about her relationship with her Scottish ghillie John Brown, led to increasing criticism. Coaxed back into the public eye by Disraeli, she resumed her former enthusiasm for political and constitutional matters with vigour until her death in 1901.

The life and impressive military career of the British hero based on information drawn from his private papers and personal correspondence.

The acclaimed biographer recreates her own life, from her days at Oxford through her proximity to the core of English politics and letters.

Examines the lives of the Brontes, Florence Nightingale, Ellen Terry, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and five others.

Elizabeth Longford proves the truth of the old saying that Mother knows best, a theory that is being treated with renewed respect by many of todays experts in child-rearing. She cites from her own experience as the mother of a large family, and quotes from letters which she received from other parents. They are all faced with similar situations: childish fantasies; the problem of good manners and how to enforce them; whether or not one should punish a child, and how; dealing with the spoilt youngest child; and family squabbles. They are not necessarily problems (although some of them are), but points in a familys life on which nearly all parents would welcome some suggestions from others who have had the same experiences. Written in a witty and entertaining style, All in the Family contains an abundance of practical advice that no parent would want to miss.

The biography of Winston Churchill showing a portrait of greatness, lovingly, wittily and convincingly drawn; a life story spanning two centuries and two great wars. The author has given Churchill''s greatness a human face; and his tory the epic quality it deserves. The book has over 160 magnificent illustrations many of which have never been published before.

Biografie van Victoria (koningin van Engeland ; 1819-1901).

责任者译名:朗福德。