Benson, Arthur Christopher Benson and Viscount Esher, eds. The Letters of Queen Victoria: A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1897 and 1861. London: John Murray 1907, 3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red crushed Morocco over red cloth, gilt outlines of leather, gilt spine lettering, top edges gilt, 5 spine bands; vol. 2 retains its ribbon bookmark, other two with only stubs remaining. Vol. 1, 1837 - 1843, 641pp. Vol. 2, 1844-1853, 575pp. Vol. 3, 1854 - 1861, 660pp, plus 4 folding Pedigree charts for the House of Hanover and Victoria. Victoria (1819-1901) acceded to the throne of England at the tender age of 18 after the death of her uncle, William IV, in 1837. She would become the longest reigning monarch to date. She would marry Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a cousin, who would become not only her consort, but also one of her closest advisers. The couple had nine children, and Victoria became very attached to him. When he died at the young age of 42, she sank into a deep depression. She wore black the remainder of her life, and for over a decade after his death, rarely appeared in public. She did eventually resume public duties in the early 1870s. Besides its longevity, her reign is significant because during that time Britain became an industrial powerhouse, and by the end, it was noted that the "sun never set" on the Empire. Victoria has been described as a "natural diarist." She kept extensive journals and wrote letters prolifically. After her death, her successor (son Edward) tasked his adviser, Lord Esher, to condense her 460 volumes of letters into just three, a job for which Esher brought Benson on board as an aide. Clearly, it required massive slashing and editing. (Her youngest child, Beatrice, had already had a hand at slashing through anything her mother had written that was thought to possibly be offensive or hurtful.) Modern historians have begun to look a bit closer at Victoria's writings for clues to her "real" personality. Any editor is bound to have biases, intentional or not, in what they choose to showcase (and it is noteworthy that these only focused on those up to 1861, that is, before Albert's death, at Edward's insistence). Perhaps unfortunately, this particular selection of letters has come to characterize Victoria for several generations of English speakers (and the world), which, in large part, is exactly what Edward intended. The title page notes that these were published by authority of His Majesty, the King. Edward edited out anything Messrs. Benson and Esher happened to include that was not especially flattering. Modern historians are just beginning to pick through the monumental volumes of her writings to better understand this most historically significant personage. Condition: Minor shelf wear. Very slight surface soil on non-gilt edges. Endpapers with reinforcements on corners. Overall in excellent condition.
Benson, Arthur Christopher Benson and Viscount Esher, eds. The Letters of Queen Victoria: A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1897 and 1861. London: John Murray 1907, 3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red crushed Morocco over red cloth, gilt outlines of leather, gilt spine lettering, top edges gilt, 5 spine bands; vol. 2 retains its ribbon bookmark, other two with only stubs remaining. Vol. 1, 1837 - 1843, 641pp. Vol. 2, 1844-1853, 575pp. Vol. 3, 1854 - 1861, 660pp, plus 4 folding Pedigree charts for the House of Hanover and Victoria. Victoria (1819-1901) acceded to the throne of England at the tender age of 18 after the death of her uncle, William IV, in 1837. She would become the longest reigning monarch to date. She would marry Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a cousin, who would become not only her consort, but also one of her closest advisers. The couple had nine children, and Victoria became very attached to him. When he died at the young age of 42, she sank into a deep depression. She wore black the remainder of her life, and for over a decade after his death, rarely appeared in public. She did eventually resume public duties in the early 1870s. Besides its longevity, her reign is significant because during that time Britain became an industrial powerhouse, and by the end, it was noted that the "sun never set" on the Empire. Victoria has been described as a "natural diarist." She kept extensive journals and wrote letters prolifically. After her death, her successor (son Edward) tasked his adviser, Lord Esher, to condense her 460 volumes of letters into just three, a job for which Esher brought Benson on board as an aide. Clearly, it required massive slashing and editing. (Her youngest child, Beatrice, had already had a hand at slashing through anything her mother had written that was thought to possibly be offensive or hurtful.) Modern historians have begun to look a bit closer at Victoria's writings for clues to her "real" personality. Any editor is bound to have biases, intentional or not, in what they choose to showcase (and it is noteworthy that these only focused on those up to 1861, that is, before Albert's death, at Edward's insistence). Perhaps unfortunately, this particular selection of letters has come to characterize Victoria for several generations of English speakers (and the world), which, in large part, is exactly what Edward intended. The title page notes that these were published by authority of His Majesty, the King. Edward edited out anything Messrs. Benson and Esher happened to include that was not especially flattering. Modern historians are just beginning to pick through the monumental volumes of her writings to better understand this most historically significant personage. Condition: Minor shelf wear. Very slight surface soil on non-gilt edges. Endpapers with reinforcements on corners. Overall in excellent condition.
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