Giles Lytton Strachey (1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was a British writer and critic.
The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
