Lord Palmerston, 1784-1865
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One of the great figures of 19th-century Britain, Lord Palmerston had an extensive career both as a domestic politician and as an international statesman. This volume is the first comprehensive bibliography of his life, both public and private. It includes published and unpublished material by and about Palmerston, from his own time to the present.
The book begins with a brief biographical sketch and chronology of Palmerston's life. Over half of the work covers primary source materials and unpublished materials pertaining to Palmerston's career. The following sections deal with his speeches and published writings, general biography, and the secondary literature on his early life and political career, his years as foreign secretary, home secretary, and prime minister, and his private life. The work also includes sections on iconography, death and funeral notices, theses and dissertations, and full indexes.
MICHAEL S. PARTRIDGE is lecturer in history at St. Mary's University College: A College of the University of Surrey in England. His earlier work includes The Duke of Wellington 1769-1852: A Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 1990).
KAREN E. PARTRIDGE is an independent researcher and bibliographer.