UID:
almahu_9947415679902882
Format:
1 online resource (516 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139003162 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. British and Irish History, 19th Century
Content:
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'. Greville 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. Volume 6 covers the period December 1846 to September 1852. It includes the Irish famine, revolutions in Europe and Chartist demonstrations at home. It ends with anti-Catholic feelings and the death of the Duke of Wellington.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781108030168
Language:
English
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139003162
