From Palmerston to Disraeli (1856-1876)
A Comprehensive Exploration of Victorian Political DynamicsBy Various
Length4h 40m
About this audiobook
This insightful collection, "From Palmerston to Disraeli (1856-1876)," meticulously charts the political landscape of Victorian Britain, a crucial era characterized by shifting power dynamics and evolving political ideologies. Employing a combination of political analysis and historical narrative, the authors delve into the complexities of leadership during this transformative period, emphasizing the contrasting styles of two pivotal figures: Lord Palmerston and Benjamin Disraeli. Through a blend of primary sources and secondary interpretations, the book situates the political maneuvers against the backdrop of imperial expansion and socio-economic change, illuminating the intricate relationship between personality and policy. The volume benefits from contributions by various scholars, each bringing a unique perspective that reflects their expertise in British political history. Their collaborative efforts are inspired by a shared dedication to understanding the socio-political fabric that defined 19th-century Britain. Influenced by the Memorials of the era and a rich tapestry of parliamentary debates, the authors illustrate how both Palmerston'Äôs pragmatic approach and Disraeli'Äôs flamboyant style markedly shaped policy and public opinion during a time of national introspection and imperial ambition. "From Palmerston to Disraeli" is highly recommended for historians, political scientists, and general readers alike, as it offers profound insights into the dynamics of power, governance, and the socio-political environment of Victorian Britain. Its depth and clarity make it an essential addition to any exploration of British history, providing a comprehensive understanding of the forces that shaped not only an era but also the modern British state.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length4 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 30, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
39DEATH OF LORD PALMERSTON (1865).
2NOTE TO THIS VOLUME.
40THE CAVE OF ADULLAM: SPEECH OF MR. BRIGHT ON THE FIRST READING OF THE REFORM BILL OF 1866.
3FROM PALMERSTON TO DISRAELI (1856–1876)
41From the Queen, Osborne, to the President of the United States, Washington.
4Treaty of Paris.
42From Andrew Johnson, the Executive Mansion, Washington, to Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
5AN UP-TO-DATE MAIL STEAMER (1856).
43The following Message was sent by the Earl of Carnarvon to Viscount Monk, Ottawa, Canada.
Show all chaptersShow less
6RUBINSTEIN IN LONDON: FIRST APPEARANCE AT A PHILHARMONIC CONCERT (1857).
44GREAT REFORM DEMONSTRATION AT MANCHESTER (1866).
7FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (1857).
45ATTEMPTED FENIAN RAID AT CHESTER (1867).
8Letter from Queen Victoria to Lord Palmerston.
46To a Constituent.
9Despatch from Brigadier-General Havelock to the Chief of the Staff to the Commander-in-Chief.
47Letter received by Mrs. Stern from her Husband, one of the Captives in Abyssinia.
10CONSPIRACY TO MURDER BILL (1858).
48DISRAELI’S “MAUNDY THURSDAY” LETTER (1868).
11Extract from a Despatch received by the Admiralty from Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief on the East Indian Station, dated May 21, 1858:
49Despatches from the Commander-in-Chief (Sir Robert Napier).
12ADMISSION OF JEWS TO PARLIAMENT (1858).
50Despatches from “Times” Special Correspondent.
13Queen Victoria to the Earl of Derby.
51Despatch from Special Correspondent of “New York Herald.”
14Letter from the War Office to the Lords-Lieutenant.
52Speech on Mr. Gladstone’s Resolutions for Disestablishing the Irish Church.
15Letter from Lord Cowley (English Ambassador at Paris) to Lord J. Russell.
53THE IRISH CHURCH BILL: CRITICAL DAYS (1869).
16PROGRESS OF THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT (1859).
54THE IRISH LAND BILL (1870).
17THE COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRANCE (1860).
55EDUCATION BILL: THE COWPER-TEMPLE CLAUSE (1870).
18ANTI-RITUAL RIOTS (1860).
56Letter from Mr. Gladstone to John Bright (August 1, 1870).
19Reuter’s Telegrams.
57MR. LOWE’S BUDGET: THE MATCH-TAX (1871).
20THE FIRST BRITISH IRONCLAD FRIGATE (1860).
58OPPOSITION TO THE MATCH-TAX.
21Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell.
59PURCHASE IN THE ARMY ABOLISHED BY ROYAL WARRANT (1871).
22Mr. Gladstone’s Speech on the Budget.
60THE FIRST AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY (1871).
23BRITAIN AND ITALIAN UNITY (1861).
61BIBLE READING IN SCHOOLS (1871).
24Letter from Lord Palmerston to the President of the Board of Trade.
62GENEVA ARBITRATION: THE INDIRECT CLAIMS (1872).
25Letter from Commander Williams to Captain Patey.
63AN EARLY ELECTION UNDER THE BALLOT ACT (1872).
26Waiting for an Answer.
64Summary of the Award.
27THE PEABODY TRUST FORMED (1862).
65Speech of Mr. Disraeli in the House of Commons (March 20, 1873).
28THE “ALABAMA” CRUISER (1862).
66FIRST LONDON HOSPITAL SUNDAY (1873).
29Speech by the Duke of Argyll at a Banquet to Lord Palmerston in Edinburgh, April 1st, 1863.
67THE ASHANTEE WAR: FALL OF COOMASSIE (1874).
30Sketches in Parliament.
68David Livingstone, Died on the Shores of Lake Bemba, May 4, 1873; Buried in Westminster Abbey, April 18, 1874.
31DISTRESS IN THE COTTON MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS (1863).
69Speech on Public Worship Regulation Bill.
32Mr. Roebuck’s Speech on Motion in favour of Recognising the Southern States as a Government.
70No. 1.
33OPPOSITION TO MR. ROEBUCK’S MOTION (1863).
71No. 2.
34Attack on Earl Russell’s Foreign Policy by Lord Derby (February 4).
72PURCHASE OF THE SUEZ CANAL SHARES: AN OPPOSITION VIEW (1875).
35Letter from Lord Palmerston to Lord J. Russell.
73DISRAELI’S AIMS IN POLITICS (1876).
36LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE: SCENE IN IRELAND (1865).
74The Earl of Beaconsfield at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet.
37THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY (1865).
75THE EASTERN QUESTION: FIERY SPEECHES AT ST. JAMES’S HALL (1876).
38THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY: GENERAL PLEDGE OF THE FENIAN BROTHERHOOD (1865).
The New-York Book of PoetryVarious5h 17m$2 · $0.00
The Enchanted Castle: A Book of Fairy Tales from FlowerlandVarious46m$2 · $0.00
Masterpieces of Adventure—Oriental StoriesVarious4h 23m$2 · $0.00
The Story of Our CountryVarious4h 25m$2 · $0.00
Favorite Fairy Tales: The Childhood Choice of Representative Men and WomenVarious4h 58m$2 · $0.00
Mr. Punch's Scottish HumourVarious2h 40m$1 · $0.00
Anthology of Massachusetts PoetsVarious2h 16m$2 · $0.00
The flying carpetVarious5h 22m$1 · $0.00
The Best Nonsense VersesVarious49m$2 · $0.00
The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known TalesVarious10h 12m$1 · $0.00
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — FictionVarious9h 55m$1 · $0.00
Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery ArgumentsVarious32h 50m$1 · $0.00
Half-Hours with Great Story-TellersVarious4h 14m$2 · $0.00
Burlesque Plays and PoemsVarious11h 34m$2 · $0.00
Monkey Jack and Other StoriesVarious24m$2 · $0.00
Songs and Ballads of the Southern People: 1861-1865Various4h 25m$2 · $0.00
Famous Composers and Their Works (Vol. 1&2)Various30h 8m$1 · $0.00
Myths and Legends of California and the Old SouthwestVarious4h 24m$2 · $0.00
Marsk Stig: a balladVarious32m$2 · $0.00
The English Lake DistrictVarious21m$2 · $0.00
Black AF HistoryMichael Harriot15h 43m5 (1)$33 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m$46 · $0.00
The Redeemer’s ReturnArthur W. Pink13h 18m$20
The Happiest Man on EarthEddie Jaku3h 48m$7 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m$40 · $0.00
Where Cowards Go to DieBenjamin Sledge8h 42m$20 · $0.00
Frederick Douglass: All 3 Memoirs in One VolumeFrederick Douglass44h 9m$2 · $0.00
I've Been to the MountaintopMartin Luther King48m5 (1)$11 · $0.00
RevolutionariesSanjeev Sanyal11h 23m$29 · $0.00
We Crossed a Bridge and It TrembledWendy Pearlman6h$24 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m$8 · $0.00
The Red RecordIda B. Wells-Barnett2h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m$29 · $0.00
Saving My EnemyBob Welch9h 11m$20
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m$29 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m$33 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
EnduranceAlfred Lansing6h 1m$20
You may also like
Julius CaesarJ. F. C. Fuller14h 6m$25 · $0.00
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885Charles Royle22h 58m$1 · $0.00
The Campaign of Magenta and Solferino, 1859Colonel H. C. Wylly6h 27m$17
An Humble Address and Earnest Appeal to Those Respectable Personages in Great-Britain and IrelandJosiah Tucker2h 22m$1 · $0.00
History of The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire Vol IEdward Gibbon30h 34m$2.30
The Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present TimeJohn S. C. Abbott18h 6m$2 · $0.00
A Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsBritish Museum. Department of Coins and Medals, Herbert A. Grueber7h 57m$2 · $0.00
A History of the Inquisition of Spain (Vol. 1-4)Henry Charles Lea112h 41m$3 · $0.00
The History of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars (1789-1815)Charles Downer Hazen9h 32m$1 · $0.00
Darwin on TrialPhillip E. Johnson6h 35m$20
Byzantine Churches in ConstantinopleAlexander Van Millingen, Ramsay Traquair, Arthur E. Henderson, Walter S. George8h 35m$1 · $0.00
CheshireCharles E. Kelsey5h 8m$2 · $0.00
Revolution and Counter-Revolution; Or, Germany in 1848Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels3h 38m$2 · $0.00
The History of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars (1789-1815)Charles Downer Hazen9h 28m$2 · $0.00
England under the TudorsArthur D. Innes21h 23m$2 · $0.00
The History of England from the Accession of James IIThomas Babington Macaulay120h 4m$2 · $0.00
Slavery and Four Years of WarJoseph Warren Keifer23h 47m$2 · $0.00
Peeps at Royal Palaces of Great BritainBeatrice Home2h 46m$2 · $0.00
The History Of The Military Brigade's UniformsRuben Ygua2h 1m$8 · $0.00
The Search for Modern ChinaJonathan D. Spence36h 49m$30