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Queen Victoria: This Thorny Crown (Spiritual Lives) Audiobook, by Michael Ledger-Lomas Play Audiobook Sample

Queen Victoria: This Thorny Crown (Spiritual Lives) Audiobook

Queen Victoria: This Thorny Crown (Spiritual Lives) Audiobook, by Michael Ledger-Lomas Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Anne Flosnik Publisher: Highbridge Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: August 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781696605458

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

14

Longest Chapter Length:

59:42 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

29:22 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

38:57 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

This biography evokes the pervasive importance of religion to Queen Victoria's life but also that life's centrality to the religion of Victorians around the globe. The first comprehensive exploration of Victoria's religiosity, it shows how moments in her life—from her accession to her marriage and her successive bereavements—enlarged how she defined and lived her faith.

Drawing on a systematic reading of her journals and a rich selection of manuscripts from British and German archives, Michael Ledger-Lomas sheds new light not just on Victoria's private beliefs but also on her activity as a monarch, who wielded her powers energetically in questions of church and state. Unlike a conventional biography, this book interweaves its account of Victoria's life with a panoramic survey of what religious communities made of it. It shows how different churches and world religions expressed an emotional identification with their Queen and Empress, turning her into an embodiment of their different and often rival conceptions of what her Empire ought to be. The result is a fresh vision of a familiar life, which also explains why monarchy and religion remained close allies in the nineteenth-century British world.

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About Anne Flosnik

Anne Flosnik, a seasoned audiobook narrator, has over four hundred titles to her credit and several awards and distinctions, including AudioFile Earphones Awards, a USA Today Recommended Listening selection, an AudioFile “Best Narration of the Year” selection in 2009, and the American Library Association’s Special Services to Children Award. She has also been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She is an award-winning British actress with lead credits on stage, on television, and in commercials and voice-overs.