Victorian Marriage
By (Author) James Covert
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Hambledon Continuum
1st November 2000
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Biography: historical, political and military
European history
Social and cultural history
941.0810922
Hardback
430
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
300g
Mandell Creighton (1843-1901) was a famous historian and the first editor of the English Historical Review. His intelligence and energy made an impression upon everyone he met. Admired by Queen Victoria, only his untimely death stopped him becoming Archbishop of Canterbury. His wife Louise (1850 -1936) was a prolific historian in her own right. Her strength of character and organisational ability made her a natural leader of Victorian women's movements. The writings of this remarkable couple, especially their letters, reveal their relationships with each other and with their seven children, their work and home life, their servants, houses, holidays in Italy, and the pleasures of their lives together.
James Covert is Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Portland.