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Eminent Victorians

Lytton Strachey

"Eminent Victorians" is a biographical work by Lytton Strachey, published in 1918. The book is a collection of four biographies of notable figures from the Victorian era: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and General Gordon. Rather than presenting these individuals as flawless h...

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The Rest Is History

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The Rest Is History

The hosts noted that Gordon saw himself as a small messianic figure in his essay featured in the book "Eminent Victorians".

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i mean this is what little straight she brings out in his essay in eminent victorians that he sees himself as a bit of a kind of very small messiah of a kind well he's christ clearing the temple

— Episode: 142. General Gordon and the Siege of Kha...

Episode: 142. General Gordon and the Siege of Khartoum

The hosts noted that Gordon saw himself as a small messianic figure in his essay featured in the book "Eminent Victorians".

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i mean this is what little straight she brings out in his essay in eminent victorians that he sees himself as a bit of a kind of very small messiah of a kind well he's christ clearing the temple

Episode: 141. General Gordon: The Ultimate Victorian Hero

The hosts noted that Gordon was portrayed in Lytton Strachey's famous biographies of eminent Victorians.

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He was skewered by Lytton Strachey in his famous kind of famously feline book volume biographies of eminent Victorians.

99% Invisible

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99% Invisible

The book Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey was mentioned as a humorous and critical historical work that exposed the hypocrisy of prominent Victorian figures. The episode compared the writing style in this book to the way Robert Caro approached his portrayal of Vincent Impellitteri, highlighting the absurdity of the situation.

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Now Roman have you ever read the book eminent victorians by litten straitji?

— Episode: The Power Broker #8: Shiloh Frederick

Episode: The Power Broker #8: Shiloh Frederick

The book Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey was mentioned as a humorous and critical historical work that exposed the hypocrisy of prominent Victorian figures. The episode compared the writing style in this book to the way Robert Caro approached his portrayal of Vincent Impellitteri, highlighting the absurdity of the situation.

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Now Roman have you ever read the book eminent victorians by litten straitji?

He's just writing about how what hypocrites they were how what you know just scan

Episode: The Power Broker #12: Robert Caro

Caro described it as a satirical, almost burnbook style critique of Victorian society.

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Eminent Victorians, a satirical book in a way about, it's like a burn book about Victorian society.

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