| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Historical figures |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface*; Introductory Note to Chapter 1; Chapter 1; 1854; Persia; The Press; The French Alliance; The Orleans Family; The Reform Bill; The Baltic Command; Sir Charles Napier; Competitive Examinations; The British Army; The British Ultimatum; Departure of the Guards; Stability of the Government; The Baltic Fleet; The King of Prussia [Translation]; Prussian Neutrality; War Declared; The Reform Question; Dissension in the Cabinet; Lord John Russell; The Duke of Cambridge; The Emperor of Austria; Bombardment of Odessa; The Sultan; The British Forces |
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The King of PrussiaMarshal St Arnaud; The Queen's Reply; Invasion of the Principalities; Friendly Relations; The War Office; The Russian Loan; Instructions to Lord Raglan; Home Defences; Indian Affairs; Military Appointments; Special Prayers; Civil List Pensions; Prince Albert and the Emperor; The Emperor's Visit; Battle of the Alma; Indian Affairs; India and Russia; Deposed Indian Princes; Maharajah Dhuleep Singh; The Austrian Proposals; The Alma; France and Austria; Inkerman; Lord John Russell's Proposal; Maharajah Dhuleep Singh; Battle of Inkerman; The Crimean Medal; Lord John Russell |
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Cabinet DissensionsLord Rokeby; Lord John Russell; The Scutari Hospital; Introductory Note to Chapter 2; Chapter 2; 1855; The Four Points; Lord Aberdeen and the Garter; Welfare of the Army; Letter from Lord Raglan; The Commissariat; The Army Board; Mr. Roebuck's Motion; Lord John Russell Resigns; Lord John's Justification; Lord John's Indignation; Mr. Roebuck's Motion; The Debate; Defeat of the Ministry; Lord Aberdeen Resigns; Lord Derby Summoned; Interview with Lord Derby; The Leadership; Lord Clarendon; Lord Derby's Refusal; Lord Lansdowne Consulted; Lord John Russell Suggested |
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Lord John Russell SummonedInterview with Lord John; Negotiations; Lord John Russell's Attempt; Attitude of the Peelites; The Foreign Office; Lord Clarendon; Fresh Difficulties; Lord John's Failure; Lord Palmerston Premier; Whig Support; The Peelites; Lord Aberdeen Intervenes; Mr. Sidney Herbert; Adhesion of the Peelites; A Farewell Letter; Leadership of the Lords; The New Cabinet; The Vienna Conference; Palmerston and the Emperor; The Roebuck Committee; Mr. Gladstone; Resignation of the Peelites; Crimean Heroes; Death of the Czar; The Committee of Enquiry; The Hospital Question |
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Lord Dalhousie ResignsThe Vienna Conference; The Baltic Expedition; The Imperial Visit; The Emperor's Letter; The Queen's Reply; Russia and the Black Sea; Austrian Proposals; The Imperial Visit; The Queen's Impressions; Louis Philippe and Napoleon III; Isolation of the Emperor; The French Alliance; The Crimean Medal; Successor to Lord Dalhousie; Death of Lord Raglan; General Simpson Takes Command; Lord John Russell's Unpopularity; Lord John Russell Resigns; Affairs of Sweden; General Simpson's Difficulties; Visit to Paris; Enthusiastic Reception; Letter to the Emperor; An Entente Cordiale |
| Summary |
In her early years, Queen Victoria formed the habit of methodologically preserving her private letters. After her accession to the throne, she treated her official papers similarly and bound them into volumes, resulting in what might be the most extraordinary series of State documents in the world. This book, originally published in 1908, is a collection of those letters that serve to bring out the development of the Queen's character and disposition and to give typical instances of her methods in dealing with political and social matters. Nothing comes out more strongly in these documents than the laborious patience with which the queen kept herself informed of the minutest details of political and social movements both in her own and other countries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 29, 2018) |
| Subject |
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Correspondence
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| SUBJECT |
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 fast |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Politics and government
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Sources
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056914
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 1848-1871. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045746
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Europe
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Personal correspondence
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925, editor.
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Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount, 1852-1930.
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| ISBN |
9781536143003 |
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1536143006 |
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