17896 Politics University Press of Florida

University Press of Florida

Second edition

and Miscellaneous Writings associated with George Villiers

With introduction by Cecil Brown and illustrations by Bernard Lamotte

Originally written between 1646 and 1648

17896 Politics University Press of FloridaCompiled from the hitherto unpublished correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscoutness Melbourne [1752 1818], and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Countess Palmerston [1787 1865]. The joint lives of these two powerful women, mother and daughter, covered a critical period of British history. This book is written as a biography with excerpts of letters scattered throughout. Chapters are by topic rather than chronological: Lady Melbourne; Lady Melbourne