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Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, CBE (née Harman; 30 August 1906 – 23 October 2002), better known as Elizabeth Longford, was a British historian. She was a member of the Royal Society of Literature and was on the board of trustees of the National Portrait Gallery in London.
21 de ago. de 2024 · Elizabeth Longford, foi biógrafa best-seller e ativista política que era viúva do reformador social Lord Longford e matriarca de uma família que gerou outros escritores famosos, entre eles Antonia Fraser, Rachel Billington e Thomas Pakenham e a poetisa Judith Kazantzis.
Learn about the life and works of Elizabeth Longford, who wrote acclaimed biographies of Queen Victoria, Wellington, Byron and others. She was also a Labour politician, a mother of four famous writers and a friend to many historians.
25 de out. de 2002 · Elizabeth Longford, the best-selling biographer and political activist who was the widow of the social reformer Lord Longford and the matriarch of a family that bred other well-known...
Elizabeth Longford, RSL, CBE (1906-2002), historical biographer and family matriarch, is best known for Victoria RI (1964), her scholarly and readable life of Queen Victoria which won the James Tait Black Prize, and for her magisterial Wellington: Years of the Sword (1969) and Wellington: Pillar of State (1972).
Elizabeth, Countess of Longford, was a British historian. She was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was on the board of trustees of the National Portrait Gallery in London. Her biographies include those of 19th century luminaries such as Queen Victoria (1964), Lord Byron (1976) and the Duke of Wellington (2 volumes 1969).
14 de mai. de 2024 · 2024 Shortlist. SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED 14th May 2024. Professor Roy Foster, Chair of Judges, writes: “Over twenty-one years the Elizabeth Longford Prize has extended and redefined the concept of lives that change history. The 2024 shortlist carries this forward.
