Author: Theodore Martin Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108059791 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 547
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Originally published in 1875-80, this extensive five-volume biography was commissioned by Queen Victoria to memorialise her late husband.
Author: Theodore Martin Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108059805 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 599
Book Description
Originally published in 1875-80, this extensive five-volume biography was commissioned by Queen Victoria to memorialise her late husband.
Author: Theodore Martin Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780365148548 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 596
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Excerpt from The Life of His Royal Highness, the Prince Consort, Vol. 2 I have now the honour to place in Your Majesty's hands the second portion of the narrative of the Life of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. In another volume I hope to complete the work. In writing the Life of the Prince, I have felt that I must write what would be in some measure a history of the time. The duties of his position, as the Prince understood them, made it incumbent upon him to be ever on the watch where the welfare of Your Majesty's kingdom was concerned. The interests of England, abroad as well as at home, were not more dear to Your Majesty than they were to him. To help, so far as in him lay, to uphold these interests, and to keep England true to her great name, and worthy of her great inheritance, was with the Prince, as with Your Majesty, the dearest object of his ambition. Seeking no personal triumph, he was content, and more than content, with strengthening the hands, while lightening the labours, of the Sovereign in whose life his own was merged. But this could only be done by taking an active part in her peculiar toils, and by devoting, like her, his best energies to that day-by-day(vi) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Theodore Martin
Author: Charles Grey
Author: Albert (Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain)
Author: Theodore Martin
Author: Theodore Martin
Author: Albert (Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain)
Author: Sir Theodore Martin
Author: Theodore Martin
Author: Albert Prince Consort of Victoria
Author: Sir Theodore Martin