The Letters of Queen Victoria (The Letters of Queen Victoria 9 Volume Set)

Queen Victoria/ Benson, A. C. (EDT)/ Esher, Reginald Brett, Viscount (EDT)

Cambridge University Press（2014/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 692 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781108077767
• DDC分類 941.081092

Full Description

This nine-volume selection from the letters of Queen Victoria, with ancillary material, was commissioned by her son, Edward VII, and published between 1907 and 1932, with a gap of almost twenty years between the third and fourth volumes. The editors of the first three volumes, the poet and writer A. C. Benson (1862-1925) and the second Viscount Esher (1852-1930), administrator and courtier, decided that the plan for the selection of letters from the thousands available should be to publish 'such documents as would 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'. Volume 1 contains introductory chapters about the Queen's early life, and letters to and from the young princess, continuing through her accession, coronation, courtship and marriage, and ending in 1843.

Contents

Preface; 1. Ancestry of Queen Victoria; 2. Queen Victoria's early years; 3. Queen Victoria's relations and friends; 4. 1821-35; 5. 1836; 6. 1837; 7. 1838; 8. 1839; 9. 1840; 10. 1841; 11. 1842; 12. 1843.