Record Number: 28495

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have been extremely interested by it, and think it a most remarkable book, beyond measure severe, every line is written with a brand of frame, but I feel that my recollections and convictions assent the whole way… I image he does justice to the character of the Emperor, a great sovereign, not a great man; who thinks it would show weakness ever to forgive'. The reader continues to say that the book showed 'an indignation against oppression & fraud too well-grounded and too energetic not to be in great part genuine'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 20 Nov 1843 and 23 Nov 1843

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 Apr 1802

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Aristocrat and Politician

Religion:

Liberal Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

Lord Morpeth became 7th Earl of Carlisle in 1848.

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Astolphe de Custine

Title:

La Russia

Genre:

History, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28495

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth

Title:

Carlisle MSS

Location:

Castle Howard

Call No:

J19/8/1

Page/Folio:

n/a

Citation:

G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth, Carlisle MSS Castle Howard, p. J19/8/1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28495, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Lord Morpeth attended the coronation of Nicholas I of Russia in 1826.