Creevey Papers - A Selection From Correspondence Diaries of Late Thomas Creevey, M.p.

Klappentext Edited in 1903, Creevey's papers are an amusing and gossipy source of early nineteenth-century English political and social history. Zusammenfassung This edition of the papers of Thomas Creevey (1768–1838), Whig politician, diarist and letter-writer, whose papers provide an important source for the history of the early nineteenth century, was published in 1903. His gossipy letters give a vivid picture of the society and politics of his day. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. 1821. Queen Caroline's establishment; 2. 1822. Creevey's activity; 3. 1823-4. A young lady's letters; 4. 1825-6. Two Scottish divines; 5. 1817. Liverpool's last illness; 6. 1827-8. Return to Croxteth; 7. 1828. An obsequious cicerone; 8. 1829. Catholic emancipation; 9. 1830-1. Brougham's literary schemes; 10. 1832-3. The prospects of the Bill; 11. 1833. The Court at Windsor; 12. 1834. Creevey's office threatened; 13. 1835-6. Creevey as an onlooker; 14. 1837-8. Death of Mrs. Fitzherbert; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Creevey
• Assisted by: Herbert Maxwell (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.02.2012
• EAN: 9781108044974
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04497-4
• No. of pages: 408
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies