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The Victorian era has been one of the very most important in shaping modern British isles culture, and Victoria herself is a robust symbol of this. This is a remarkable family portrait of the queen, both before and during her reign, by one of the 20th century's most important women writers. Making extensive use of Victoria's Letters and journal, Edith Sitwell brings alive the queen's relationships with her family and those surrounding the court. She also offers a vibrant record of interpersonal conditions in Victoria's Britain. Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) was born into an aristocratic family and, along with her brothers, Osbert and Sacheverell, acquired a significant impact on the creative life of the 20s. She experienced the work of the French symbolists, Rimbaud in particular, early on in her writing life and became a champion of the modernist motion, editing six editions of the controversial magazine Wheels. She remained a crusading power against philistinism and conservatism throughout her life and her legacy is placed all the in her unstinting support of other music artists as it can in her own poetry.
