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Lytton Strachey
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"The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion."
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Lytton Strachey
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"The old interests of aristocracy – the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war – faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization."
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Lytton Strachey
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Home
"The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it."
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Lytton Strachey
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