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A Memoir of Baron Bunsen

A Memoir of Baron Bunsen

A Memoir of Baron Bunsen

Volume 1:
Frances Waddington Bunsen
June 2011
1
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9781108204088
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    Frances Bunsen (1791–1876) published this account of the life of her husband, the Prussian diplomat and scholar Christian Karl Josias, Baron von Bunsen (1791–1860) in two volumes in 1868. Bunsen served as Prussian ambassador to Great Britain for thirteen years between 1841 and 1854, a critical period in European politics that culminated in the 1848 revolutions and the political turmoil that ensued. The memoir is based on Bunsen's family papers and private correspondence and was prepared at his request. It is illustrated with woodcuts and lithographs. Volume 1 covers Bunsen's early life in Waldeck; his education in Marburg and Göttingen; his marriage; his relationship with the scholar and statesman Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776–1831); his time in Rome as envoy to the papal court; his first trip to England; and his acceptance by Queen Victoria as Prussian ambassador to Great Britain.

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    June 2011
    Paperback
    9781108204088
    656 pages
    216 × 140 × 41 mm
    0.82kg
    6 b/w illus.
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Early years
    • 2. Correspondence with Lücke
    • 3. Life in Rome
    • 4. Visit of the King of Prussia
    • 5. Prussian Minister in Rome
    • 6. Residence in Rome (continued)
    • 7. Differences between Prussia and Rome
    • 8. First journey to England
    • 9. Residence in Switzerland
    • 10. Mission to England.
      Editor
    • Frances Waddington Bunsen