The Greville Memoirs 8 Volume Paperback Set: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV, King William IV and Queen Victoria (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108030199)

Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794-1865) was one of the most important English political and social diarists. Clerk to the Privy Council for over forty years, he mixed with all the great political names of the day, including Wellington, Melbourne, Palmerston and Peel. Greville was fascinated by people, and a great collector of information, believing that 'there is always something to be learned from everybody if you touch them on the points they know'. He revelled in the exalted company he kept, and always intended his diaries to be published after his death. They appeared in eight volumes between 1874 and 1887, and form an important historical source for the first half of the nineteenth century. Although he is not a gossip, the diaries caused outrage in some of those who featured in it, such as Disraeli and Queen Victoria, who saw publication as a great betrayal of trust.

Author: Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville
ISBN-10: 110803019X
ISBN-13: 9781108030199
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/07/2011
Pages: 3446
Format: Paperback
Weight: 9.80lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.70w x 4.20d