The Life Of Henry Pelham Fifth Duke Of Newcastle 1811 1864 With Portraits

Author : John Martineau
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483452008
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Henry Pelham, Fifth Duke of Newcastle written by John Martineau and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life of Henry Pelham, Fifth Duke of Newcastle: 1811-1864 These considerations, and the Duke's reputation as a statesman of high principle and untiring industry, and his having held a prominent position in the Cabinet during four Administrations, fully justify, it is thought, the publication of this biographical sketch, though, owing to the lack of material and to other causes, it is less complete than the author could wish. Letters, where the contrary is not stated by note or otherwise, are in almost every case copied direct from the originals. Most noteworthy among them are Lord Raglan's letters, written to the Duke from the Crimea. It would be hard in English literature to find letters possessing more interest, written, as they usually were, far into the night at the end of a day of unceasing toil and perhaps of absorbing anxiety, telling their tale of dearly-purchased victory, of peril or privation, or, alas! It may be, compelled to interrupt the thread in order to dispose of a misstatement or a calumny, but always, whatever the subject, in calm, concise language, and with penmanship without a correction or an erasure. There are too many of them to admit of more than a small proportion being inserted here, but too few to be published separately. Nor is there any hope of their finding a place in a published life of Lord Raglan. For he is believed to have. 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.