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Evan Charteris
William Augustus Duke of Cumberland
His Early Life and Times (1721-1748)
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William Augustus Duke of Cumberland
and the Seven Years' War
Mr. Charteris has a good subject in "Butcher" Cumberland, not only on
account of the historical and romantic interest of his background, but
also by reason of the Duke's baneful reputation.
Mr. Charteris has had the exceptional advantage of studying the
Cumberland Papers at Windsor Castle, and it is largely by the aid of
hitherto unpublished documents that he is now able to
throw fresh light
on a character which has been the subject of so much malevolent
criticism. At the same time the volumes deal with the social and
political conditions among which Cumberland was called on to play so
important a part in the life of the nation. These have been treated by
the author with some fulness of detail. Cumberland, in spite of his
foreign origin, was remarkably typical of the characteristics of the
earlier Georgian period, and an endeavour has been made in these volumes
to establish the link between the Duke and the politics, the morals, the
aims, and the pursuits of the age in which he lived.
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The author makes extensive use of the Cumberland Papers and other
unpublished sources and is so able to shed a different light on his
subject. Unfortunately he sometimes looses sight of his subject and
gives lengthy chapters on the political situation (especially in the
second volume); without this the books would be 'very good'. |
William Augustus Duke of Cumberland • His Early Life and Times
(1721-1748)
Published by Edward Arnold, London 1913
376 pages with 4 b/w
illustrations and 4 maps (3 folding), out of print
William Augustus Duke of Cumberland and the Seven Years' War
Published by Hutchinson & Co., London [1925]
327 pages with 8 b/w illustrations and 2 maps (1 folding), out of print
Text and Top Illustration © 1913 Edward Arnold,
Bottom Illustration © 1925 Hutchinson & Co.
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