Lord Hervey's Memoirs

by John Augustus Hervey, Romney Sedgwick (Editor)

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Genres: History, 18th Century, Autobiography

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1952

About the author

Captain John Augustus Hervey, Lord Hervey

Reviews

[Muaz Jalil · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating palace intrigue. Story of- George 2, Queen Caroline, PM Robert Walpole and Frederick, Prince of Wales. King George and Frederick come out as horrible individuals, philandering and narcissistic! Walpole's job was pretty difficult. On a separate note, gossip story is, Hervey's elder brother actually fathered Horace Walpole, youngest son of Robert Walpole 😉

[Avis Black · Rating 1 out of 5]

I gave it a go, but it boiled down to poorly-explained fussing. The sort of person who wants to be a courtier always has a trivial mentality.