The Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham 3 Volume Set
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-07844-3 (ISBN)
A child prodigy, Henry Brougham (1778–1868), later Lord Brougham and Vaux, entered in 1792 the University of Edinburgh, where he focused on mathematics and then law, while his amateur scientific studies led him to become a fellow of the Royal Society at the age of twenty-five. Called to both the Scottish and English bars, and moving in radical political circles, he became famous as a defender of free speech, a passionate abolitionist, and co-founder of the Edinburgh Review. He also founded the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and after many years as an MP, he was given a peerage in 1830 and became Lord Chancellor in Lord Grey's Whig government, where he was instrumental in the passing of the 1832 Reform Act. This three-volume autobiography was published posthumously in 1871, with some additional notes, but the text was untouched, as stipulated in Brougham's will.
Volume 1: To the reader; 1. Early life; 2. Early life (cont.); 3. Visit to Denmark and Scandinavia; 4. The Scotch Bar and the Edinburgh Review; 5. Tour through Holland and Italy; 6. Volunteering project, and mission to Portugal; 7. Politics of the day; 8. Home and foreign politics; 9. Home politics; Appendix of notes. Volume 2: To the reader; Note to the second edition of Volume 1; 10. The Orders in Council; 11. Home and foreign politics; 12. The Prince and Princess of Wales; 13. The Princess of Wales and the Princess Charlotte; 14. The Princess of Wales and the Princess Charlotte (cont.); 15. The income-tax; 16. The trial of Queen Caroline; 17. The northern circuit; 18. The proceedings against the queen. Volume 3: To the reader; Prefatory note; 19. Elected Rector of the University of Glasgow; 20. Accession of William IV; 21. The Grey cabinet; 22. State of public feeling; 23. The king, the duke of Sussex, and Sir Auguste d'Este; 24. Holland, Belgium, and the siege of Antwerp; 25. Bishop Phillpotts; 26. The position of the Grey cabinet; 27. The situation on Lord Grey's retirement; 28. Personal sketches of eminent contemporaries; Appendix A.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.3.2015 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Plates, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 2070 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-07844-3 / 1108078443 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-07844-3 / 9781108078443 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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