Aristocratic Women and Political Society in Victorian Britain

by K.D. Reynolds

This study of gender and power in Victorian Britain is the first book to examine the contribution made by women to the public culture of the British aristocracy in the 19th century. Based on a wide range of archival sources, it explores the roles of aristocratic women in public life, from their country estates to the salons of Westminster and the royal court. Reynolds also shows that a partnership of authority between men and women was integral to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198207271
• ISBN13: 9780198207276
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"