The Letters of Queen Victoria

This nine-volume selection from the letters of Queen Victoria was commissioned by Edward VII, and published between 1907 and 1932.

Queen Victoria (Author), George Earle Buckle (Edited by)

9781108077842, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 25 September 2014

700 pages, 8 b/w illus. 5 tables
21.6 x 14 x 3.9 cm, 0.88 kg

This nine-volume selection from the letters of Queen Victoria, with ancillary material, was commissioned by her son, Edward VII, and published between 1907 and 1932, with a gap of almost twenty years between the third and fourth volumes. The editor of the 'Third Series', which covers the years from 1886 to 1901, was George Earle Buckle (1854–1935), a historian and former editor of The Times, who continued the editorial policy of his predecessors, but who needed to tread carefully, as many of the people mentioned in documents of the final part of Queen Victoria's reign were still alive when Volumes 7–9 were published between 1930 and 1932. The final volume covers the period from 1896 to the Queen-Empress' death in January 1901. The Boer war is a dominating topic, and the final letter from the Queen is a message of gratitude to her troops in South Africa.

Preface
Editorial note
12. 1896
13. 1897
14. 1898
15. 1899
16. 1900
17. 1901
Index
Geneaological table: the descendants of Queen Victoria.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]