Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 3

Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 4.1
Word count
636K words
Chapters
64

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English Originals World History Historical ReappraisalPalace IntriguePolitical AllegoryPortrait GalleryPolitical CareerPower GameComplex HumanityDocumentary NarrativeEighteenth CenturySocial Observation

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 3 (of 4) by Horace WalpoleAuthor: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797,Language: English, Class: DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe, Release Date: Oct 20, 2018

Editor's review

This is Volume 3 of the four-volume Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third by Horace Walpole, a free eBook from Project Gutenberg. Walpole moved in eighteenth-century British political and social circles, and his memoirs record court life, parliamentary politics, and personal anecdotes of George III's reign from a firsthand perspective, offering both historical value and literary readability. This volume continues the narrative of the first two, and is suitable as further reading for those interested in modern British history and Hanoverian politics. Note that the original is in English, and that Walpole writes with Whig sympathies and personal biases; readers should check his account against other sources. The electronic edition is easy to search and excerpt, making it useful as course supplementary material or a source for research notes.

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  1. Read the first two volumes or a relevant introduction first to clarify the people and events before starting this volume
  2. Mark Walpole's subjective judgments as you read and verify them against other sources
  3. Use it alongside a chronology of George III's reign to locate events in each chapter along a timeline

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FAQ

Is this book a complete Chinese translation? No. This is the original English-language eBook released by Project Gutenberg, not a Chinese translation; readers need adequate English reading ability before starting.
Can I read Volume 3 without having read the first two volumes? You can try, but this volume continues the threads of people and events from earlier volumes, so you may find the background unfamiliar. It is advisable to learn at least the broad outlines of early George III politics, or skim the first two volumes before starting this one.
How reliable is this memoir as a historical source? Walpole was an eyewitness and offers rich firsthand observation, but he has clear political allegiances and personal feelings, so his account is not necessarily objective. It is best treated as a partisan source and cross-checked against other documents.

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About the author

Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 Author

Horace Walpole (1717–1797) was an English writer, letter writer and antiquarian. Details of his life available on this site are limited, yet his surviving works are enough to show his literary standing. The site holds nineteen of his works, mainly the two-volume Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, the multi-volume collections Letters of Horace Walpole and The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, and the Gothic novel The Castle of Otranto, included in Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century. The Castle of Otranto is often regarded as a founding work of Gothic fiction, with its castle setting, supernatural atmosphere and intense emotion opening a narrative mode of lasting influence. His letters and memoirs are lively and closely observed, and remain valuable sources for the politics and society of eighteenth-century Britain. The site classifies his works under inspirational growth, for reference.