Recollections of a Long Life (6-Volume Set) (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)

Recollections of a Long Life (6-Volume Set) (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)

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  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9781108034043
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John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton (1786-1869), politician and prolific memoirist, is today best remembered for his close friendship with Lord Byron, and as the inventor of the phrase 'His Majesty's Opposition'. He travelled extensively in Europe with Byron, and acted both as his best man and as his executor after Byron's early death in 1824. He began his political career as a radical, but gradually moved to a much more conservative viewpoint. This six-volume work is a revision of his 1865 privately printed memoir, Some Account of a Long Life, expanded by his daughter Lady Dorchester with severely edited entries from his diary and extracts from his other writings, and published between 1909 and 1911. The first two volumes are largely about Byron. The remainder relate to his political career and social contacts as a member of several Whig governments, and shed fascinating light on the period.

Contents

Volume 1Start with Byron for Lisbon; 3. Reconciliation with my father; 4. Publication of my travels; 5. London; 6. Byron; 7. The Rev. Champagne. Volume 2: 8. Journey with Scrope Davies; 9. Bologna; 10. With Byron at La Mira; 11. Turin; 12. In Newgate; 13. Death of Napoleon; 14. Proofs of Byron's 'Cain'; 15. The Byron separation; Appendices. Volume 3: Preface; 1. Visit to Italy; 2. The Greek committee; 3. Mr. Dallas; 4. Visit to Germany; 5. Moore and Byron's life; 6. Chantrey; 7. The Villa Diodati; 8. The King's speech; Appendix. Volume 4: 9. Duke and Duchess of Clarence; 10. Charles X; 11. Excitement in Parliament; 12. Democratic excitement; 13. Audience with the King; 14. Nelson and bobbing; 15. The Duchess of Kent; Appendix; Index. Volume 5: 1. Dinner with Charles Grant; 2. Return to London; 3. Precarious state of the King's health; 4. Dinner with Mr. Stanley; 5. Dinner with Palmella; 6. Macaulay; 7. Ragotski. Volume 6: 8. Cabinet council; 9. Dinner with Duke of Sussex; 10. Character of Michael Angelo; 11. At Bowood; 12. Sir H. Pottinger's stories; 13. Lord Auckland; 14. Lord J. Russell, Prime Minister; 15. National defences; 16. Death of Lord Auckland; 17. The Queen's speech; 18. Russell's reform scheme; Index.