Buch, Englisch, 3446 Seiten, Format (B × H): 221 mm x 282 mm, Gewicht: 4445 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV, King William IV and Queen Victoria
Buch, Englisch, 3446 Seiten, Format (B × H): 221 mm x 282 mm, Gewicht: 4445 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
ISBN: 978-1-108-03019-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794–1865) was one of the most important English political and social diarists. Clerk to the Privy Council for over forty years, he mixed with all the great political names of the day, including Wellington, Melbourne, Palmerston and Peel. Greville was fascinated by people, and a great collector of information, believing that 'there is always something to be learned from everybody if you touch them on the points they know'. He revelled in the exalted company he kept, and always intended his diaries to be published after his death. They appeared in eight volumes between 1874 and 1887, and form an important historical source for the first half of the nineteenth century. Although he is not a gossip, the diaries caused outrage in some of those who featured in it, such as Disraeli and Queen Victoria, who saw publication as a great betrayal of trust.
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Volume 1: Preface; Introduction; 1. Queen Charlotte; 2. Popularity of George IV; 3. The panic of 1825; 4. The Duke of Wellington's administration; 5. The Catholic Relief Bill; 6. The Recorder's Report; 7. Chapter of the Bath; 8. Calais; 9. Lake of Albano; 10. Mola di Gaeta; Note on Mr. Greville's connexion with the Turf. Volume 2: 11. Accession of William IV; 12. The Belgian revolution; 13. A proclamation against rioters; 14. Introduction of the Reform Bill; 15. Preparations for the Coronation; 16. Whig and Tory meetings on Reform; 17. Measures for carrying the second reading of the Reform Bill in the House of Lords; 18. Debate in the House of Lords; 19. Foreign difficulties; 20. Appointment of Sir Stratford Canning to the Embassy to Russia. Volume 3: 21. Dinner at Greenwich; 22. The Speaker a Knight of the Bath; 23. Spain; 24. Taylor's 'Philip von Artevelde'; 25. Fall of Lord Melbourne's government; 26. Sir R. Peel arrives; 27. The Speakership; 28. Lord Grey and Sir James Graham express Conservative views; 29. Resistance of the Lords; 30. Emperor Nicholas's speech at Warsaw; 31. Moore and O'Connell; 32. Crisis in the City. Volume 4: Introduction; 1. The new reign; 2. Debates on the Canada Bill; 3. A ball at the Palace; 4. The Queen and Lord Melbourne; 5. Opening of the Session; 6. The Whigs retain the Government; 7. Review of the Session; 8. The ex-King of Westphalia; 9. The Cabinet meets; 10. Successes in India, China, and Syria; Appendix. Volume 5: 11. Dissolution of Parliament discussed by Ministers; 12. Debate on the Address in the Lords; 13. Anecdotes about the Exchequer Bill Forgery; 14. Visit to Broadlands; 15. The Duke of Wellington on the Afghan War; 16. Results of this Tour; 17. Opening of Parliament; 18. The policy of England to Ireland; 19. Death of Earl Spencer; 20. Sir Robert Peel returns to office; 21. Signs of the weakness of government; 22. Fall of Sir Robert Peel. Volume 6: 23. Death of Mr. Thomas Greville; 24. Return from Paris; 25. Panic in the money market; 26. The Revolution in France; 27. Anarchy in France; 28. Louis Blanc on France; 29. Difficult position of the government; 30. The case of Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter; 31. Accident to Sir Robert Peel; 32. Difficulties ahead; 33. Disraeli's Life of Lord George Bentinck; 34. The trial of strength; Appendices. Volume 7: 1. Division of the Liberal Party; 2. A Royal Commission on Reform; 3. Weakness of the Government; 4. The Conference at Olmütz; 5. Lord Palmerston's return; 6. Dinner to Sir Charles Napier; 7. Difficulties of the campaign; 8. Lord John's views on the Ministry; 9. The Vienna Conference; 10. The Queen's visit to France. Volume 8: 11. France and Prussia; 12. Lord Clarendon's favourable view of the peace; 13. State of England after the war; 14. Results of the elections; 15. Opening of the Session; 16. The second Derby administration; 17. Lord John Russell and Lord Stanley; 18. The Government determine to dissolve the Parliament; 19. Prospects of the Government and of the Opposition; Index.
