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This useful 1890 work recounts the history of England from the end of the Napoleonic War in 1815 to the peace of Paris in 1856, following the Crimean War. A balanced yet honest six-volume history, it is Walpole's masterpiece. Volume Two picks up with the changes in the royal family around the time of George III's death and the drama surrounding Queen Caroline, it closes with the end of George IV's reign and the dissolution of Parliament in 1830.
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English
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This useful 1890 work recounts the history of England from the end of the Napoleonic War in 1815 to the peace of Paris in 1856, following the Crimean War. A balanced yet honest six-volume history, it is Walpole's masterpiece. The third volume begins with a discussion of England's foreign policy and the passing of the Reform Act in 1832, it closes with the fall of Lord Grey in 1834 and the dismissal of his Ministry.
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