AFFAIR OF STATE: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE 8TH DUKE AND DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE
Written by Henry Vane
Published by Peter Owen
in 2004
ISBN: 0720612330
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (VICTORIAN)
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Front cover
Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 Louise Von Alten
- 2 Whig Inheritance
- 3 Skittles
- 4 The Prince of Wales and Friends
- 5 The First Gladstone Ministry
- 6 The Liberal Leadership
- 7 The Phoenix Park Tradegy
- 8 Gordon and Khartoum
- 9 The Passing of the Whigs
- 10 A Time to Cancan
- 11 Double Duchess
- 12 Elder Statesman
- 13 Resignation
- 14 The Closing Years
- Notes
- Index