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MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF GEORGE IV. FROM Original Family Documents. By the DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, K.G. 2 vols. 8vo. with Portraits. 30s. bound.
Among the many interesting subjects elucidated in this work will be found: The Trial of Queen Caroline--The King’s Visits to Ireland, Scotland, and Hanover--Female Influence at Court--The Death of Lord Castlereagh--Junction of the Grenville Party with the Government--The Political and Literary Career of George Canning--O’Connell and the Catholic Claims--The Marquess Wellesley in Ireland--The Duke of Wellington’s Administration--George the Fourth as a Patron of Art and Literature, &c.
"The country is very much indebted to the Duke of Buckingham for the publication of these volumes--to our thinking the most valuable of the contributions to recent history which he has yet compiled from his family papers. Besides the King, the Duke of Buckingham’s canvass is full of the leading men of the day--Castlereagh, Liverpool, Canning, Wellington, Peel, and their compeers. We are sure that no reader, whether he seeks for gossip, or for more sterling information, will be disappointed by the book. There are several most characteristic letters of the Duke of Wellington."--John Bull.
“These volumes are the most popular of the series of Buckingham papers, not only from the nature of the matter, but from the closeness of the period to our own times.”--Spectator.
“There is much in these volumes which deserves the perusal of all who desire an intimate acquaintance with the history of the period. The comments of well-informed men, like Lord Grenville, and Mr. T. Grenville, disclosing as they do the motives of individuals, the secret movements of parties, and the causes of public events, are of high value to the student, and exceedingly interesting to the general reader.”--Daily News.