If you’re in need of describing a prudish person with antiquated ideas, Victorian makes for a handy moniker. Its namesake queen embodied the term—a woman of virtuous morality whose enduring image is ...

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Two very different books examine the reigns and legacies of Victoria and Elizabeth II. By Geoffrey Wheatcroft Geoffrey Wheatcroft is the author, most recently, of “Bloody Panico!: Or, Whatever ...