TITLELetters of the Empress Frederick [1928] 493ppThis is a scanned copy of the original book containing both searchable text and the original graphics. It is provided as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file, you can search for names, places and items which may not be in the index. It can also be purchased at a reduced price from lulu.com as a downloadable PDF eBook. |
AUTHOR
Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby
(see wikipedia
entry). Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby GCB GCVO PC
(16 September 1867–20
October 1935),
was a British soldier and courtier. Engravings by
Sir Emery Walker (April 2, 1851–July 22,
1933)
was an English
engraver and printer. (see wikipedia entry) |
PUBLISHEDMacmillan & Co., Ltd London, 1928 |
DESCRIPTIONThe Empress Frederick died at Friedrichshof, Cronberg, 5th August 1901. The main purpose of this volume of the letters of the Empress Frederick has been to allow the Empress's own words to provide the answer to those cruel and slanderous accusations from which her memory has suffered. For this reason the running commentary necessary to enable the reader to understand the letters has been reduced to the minimum. These letters, while fairly representing the thoughts and opinions of the Empress, give but a very imperfect picture of her character and personality. An advanced thinker of strong liberal views, she hesitated to express such views freely to Queen Victoria, to whom she knew they would not be acceptable. Moreover, the Empress's many artistic activities had associated her with the world of art, where she had imbibed modern theories which did not appeal to the Queen. Consequently the letters hardly refer to those aesthetic tastes which were an outstanding feature in her life. The material available not being sufficient for a complete biography, the best course seemed to be to concentrate entirely on the letters. It may be urged that a publication must be premature in which, for judicious reasons, some interesting material has to be suppressed. On the other hand, to delay the production of these letters would be to postpone them for a new generation to whom the Empress Frederick would be unknown except as an historic figure.The letters speak for themselves. They represent a regular weekly, almost daily, correspondence, characterised by the same dutiful tone on the part of the Empress and the same affectionate wisdom from Queen Victoria. In this volume of letters reference is made to more recent publications containing allusions to the Empress and in the majority of cases acknowledgment is made in the footnote. This, however, does not apply to several letters from Queen Victoria to the Empress and from the Empress to Queen Victoria which have already appeared in "The Letters of Queen Victoria". |
LANGUAGE: English |
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