Croker Papers - The Correspondence Diaries of Late Right Honourable John Wilson

Klappentext Published in 1884, Tory politician and writer J. W. Croker's papers are an important source of information on nineteenth-century political and literary history. Zusammenfassung John Wilson Croker (1780–1857), politician and writer, held the post of Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 until 1830. He was a prolific letter-writer, and his papers were published in 1884. Volume 1 covers his early life and career until 1828. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. 1780-1809. Misrepresentations of Mr. Croker's character; 2. 1810-13. Politics in 1810; 3. 1814-16. Passages in King's ships; 4. 1817-18. Unpopularity of the Prince Regent; 5. 1819. Mr. Croker elected for Yarmouth; 6. 1820. Mr. Croker's diary; 7. 1821. Prospects of Peel taking office; 8. 1822. Peel and Canning enter the Cabinet; 9. 1823-4. A new club for literary men and artists; 10. 1825. The Roman Catholic claims; 11. 1826. The panic of 1825; 12. 1827. Lord Liverpool's last illness; 13. 1828. Fall of Lord Goderich.

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• Authors: John Wilson Croker
• Assisted by: Louis J. Jennings (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.02.2012
• EAN: 9781108044585
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04458-5
• No. of pages: 454
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies