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The author of this book writes biographies of Britain's two most famous queens. One is "The Life of Queen Victoria" (1921). The other is a book about Elizabeth I and "a tragic history" of her love for the Earl of Essex to his execution. This is a true history intertwined with the love between men and women and the power struggle between kings and ministers. This book provides a vivid description and incisive analysis of the thoughts, characters, talents, and styles of Queen Elizabeth and her concubine Essex, as well as the development and changes of their unusual political and emotional relationship, thus creating a new path for modern biographical literature.

"The Age of Queen Victoria (Panorama Illustrated Edition)" by Lytton Strachey takes the life trajectory of Queen Victoria as the main line and vividly tells the history of Britain in its heyday. In this era, the first industrial revolution was completed in the UK, the second industrial revolution is in the ascendant around the world, and the UK has become the world's leading economy; in this era, scientific inventions are emerging one after another, literary schools are diverse, and the art world is full of stars. You will see so many powerful figures appearing one after another, and hear so many loud bugles blowing intermittently; you will not only feel the cruelty of the palace struggle, but also experience the warmth of human affection; you will not detect the heavy indifference in the lively language, but will become cheerful in front of the vivid plot... In short, you will see the colorful Queen Victoria era from the book.