Eminent Victorians Author:Lytton Strachey An epoch in biography that helped crack the old myths of high Victorianism and usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. Historical expose of the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale. Exposes the corrupt public-school system and the whole... more » structure of 19th century liberal values. A classic.« less