Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX "Account of the Conduct of the Duchess of Marlborough," 326, 455; Voltaire asked to edit it, 455; its contents described, 464 foil.; its original title, 465; Lord Macaulay s criticism of it. 471 Act of Settlement, 58, 62, 95, 393 Addison, 101; on Henrietta Churchill. 118, 419; poem on the Battle of Blenhe1m, 271; made Under-Secretary of State, 271; allusion to the relationship between Harley and Abigail Hill, 272; writes for the Whig Examiner, 344; dedicates his poem "Rosamund" to the Duchess of Marlborough, 452; description of Marlborough in his poem, " Blenheim," 464 Albans, St., almshouses built by the Duchess of Marlborough, 440, 476. See also Holywell House Albemarle, Lady, "the English" of, 93 Albemarle, Lord, attacked by the French at Denain, 390 Almshouses at St. Albans, built and endowed by the Duchess of Marlborough, 440, 476 Anne, Queen: birth, 3; girlhood, 7, 11; first meeting with the future Duchess of Marlborough, 7, 8; marriage, 36, 40; allegiance to Protestantism, 32, 36, 37; confidence in Lady Church1ll, 38, 39; characteristics, 38, 72, 102, 103, 149, 265, 266; kind- ness to Lady Churchill, 39; liking for the Earl of Mulgrave, 40; Elector of Hanover a suitor for her hand, 41; rela- tions with her husband, 42; visit to The Hague, 42; dislike of the Countess of Clarendon, 43, 44; flight from London, 52; banquet in her honour at Nottingham, 52; apartments allotted to her in St. James's Palace, 56; birth of a son, created Duke of Gloucester, 41, 56, 86; letter to the Princess of Orange in defence of Lady Marlborough, 61; her abandon- ment of form and ceremony in her friendship with Lady Marl- borough, 64, 65; takes the name of "Mrs. Morley," 64; dislike of the Prince of Orange, 66; her Protestantism, 67; coldness to-...
