Memoirs of the Reign of King George III - The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole`s Memoirs (Hardcover, New Ed)

The publication of this four-volume edition of Horace Walpole's Memoirs of the Reign of King George III completes the monumental Yale Walpole Edition that also includes 48 volumes of correspondence and three volumes of Memoirs of King George II.

Walpole's aim in Memoirs of the Reign of King George III was not to chronicle events year by year (October 1760 - February 1772), as he had done in Memoirs of King George II, but to defend what he called his "return to action" and to attack those who had thwarted it. Yet previous editors, first Sir Denis le Marchant in 1845 and then G. F. Russell Barker in 1894, abridged or altered much of what Walpole said about his friends and his enemies, and left out most of his lies and fantasies about the British Royal Family. These editors produced a narrative that seemed impersonal as well as impartial, the work of a detached spectator rather than a committed participant. The present edition is the first to go back to the manuscripts and give Walpole's text in its entirety, unabridged and unexpurgated, together with an introduction and annotation designed to help reassess the value of the memoirs as historical evidence.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence
Release date:	May 2000
First published:	May 2000
Authors:	Horace Walpole
Editors:	Derek Jarrett
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 194mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	1088
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-07014-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-300-07014-4
Barcode:	9780300070149

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