The Queen, Her Lover and the Most Notorious Spy in History
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‘Whatever may be the cause of Lord E . . .’: The Times, 13 December 1838; also Internet Archive: History 1793–1844, Europe 1827–1844;Volume 10, No. 42. (Report on press coverage of events of 1838.)
Ch. 10 The Fading Elph
‘The Queen of Hearts . . .’: The Complete Peerage, Elphinstone XIII, p. 60, (footnote d).
‘We have derived from high sources . . .’: The Hobart Town Courier, 17 October 1838.
‘We have no doubt she is . . .’: RA, QVJ, 2 February 1839.
Ch. 11 Victoria Faces the ‘M’ Word
‘But I am but a poor . . .’: RA, QVJ: 22 March 1839.
‘I was [so much] accustomed . . .’: RA, QVJ, 18 April 1839.
Ch. 12 Crisis of the Bedchamber
‘considering the sacrifices . . .’: Roxburgh Club, Wellington Correspondence, Duke of W to John Conroy, 6 July 1839.
‘literally like a skeleton . . .’: RA, QVJ, 27 June 1839
‘Then again, I might like him . . .’: Bolitho, Albert, Prince Consort, p. 40.
Ch. 13 Victoria’s Proposal; Elphinstone’s Compensation
‘Albert is, in fact, fascinating . . .’: Bolitho, Albert, Prince Consort, p. 40.
‘He was not in love with her . . .’: Strachey, The Illustrated Queen Victoria, p. 76.
‘While I shall be untiring . . .’: Strachey, The Illustrated Queen Victoria, p. 76.
‘much animadversion’: The Newcastle Courier, 6 November 1840. Also The Hull Packet, Hull, England, 16 April 1841.
‘I am the sovereign . . .’: RA, QVJ, 3 November 1839.
‘I’ll hang up my harp . . .’:Watson, Kirkintilloch,Town and Parish, p. 42.
Ch. 14 Vicky’s Birth: Elphinstone’s Fever
‘I cannot understand how anyone . . .’: RA, QVJ, 2 November 1840,
‘If my plagues . . .’: RA, QVJ, 2 November 1840,
‘In case of Victoria’s death . . .’: Bolitho, Albert, Prince Consort, p. 21.
‘Three months ago . . .’: Bolitho, Albert, Prince Consort, p. 21.
‘Lord Elphinstone had a reputation . . .’: Arbuthnol, Memoirs of Rugby and India, p. 67.
‘We are happy in being able . . .’: The Times, 11 July 1840.
‘Elphinstone’s excuse . . .’: The Hindu Times, 2 May 1840.
‘if he had not acted . . .’: The Hindu Times, 2 May 1840.
Ch. 15 Bertie’s Arrival: Lehzen’s Departure
‘Doctor Clark has mismanaged. . .’: Longford, Victoria R.I., p. 200.
‘Lehzen is a crazy, common. . .’: Longford, Victoria R.I., p. 200.
Ch. 16 Lovers’ Reunion
‘the divinest thing in the world’:Warwick, Life’s Ebb, p. 34.
Ch. 17 The Perfect Butler
‘Was he the wife . . .’: Strachey, The Illustrated Queen Victoria, pp. 8–12.
‘From resembling a foreign tenor . . .’: Strachey, The Illustrated Queen Victoria, pp. 8–12.
‘The husband was not so happy . . .’: Strachey, The Illustrated Queen Victoria, pp. 8–12.
‘Here, after four years, is the recognition . . .’: Bolitho, Albert, Prince Consort, p. 85.
Ch. 21 On a high with the Highlanders
‘The Queen wishes Lord Palmerston . . .’: RA, QVJ: 18 October 1850.
‘Besides Victoria, he presented . . .’: Strachey, The Illustrated Queen Victoria, p. 8.
Ch. 25 Old Feelings, New Challenges in Bombay
‘elegant [Indian] women in shortsatin . . .’: E Archive, British Library, F87/104
Letter 27/1/1854, F87/104
‘He brought to the office . . .’: Kaye & Malleson, History of the Indian Mutiny, p. 2.
Ch. 26 Victoria Trumps Napoleon III
‘You will be surprised . . .’ and ‘from the effects . . .’:
Fraser, The Elphinstone Family Book, p. 339.
Ch. 27 In the Barrel of a Gun
‘Certainly the Prince of Wales . . .’: Strachey, The Illustrated Queen Victoria, p. 204.
‘I have been shamefully. . .’: Fulford, Dearest Child, p. 134.
Ch. 28 Elphinstone Steps Up
‘Elphinstone deserves the fullest praise . . .’: Kaye & Malleson, History of the Indian Mutiny, pp. 288–9.
‘From the very hour . . .’: Kaye & Malleson, History of the Indian Mutiny, p. 260.
‘Thanks to your admirable . . .’: Fraser, The Elphinstone Family Book, p. 342.
‘I am persuaded . . .’: Kaye & Malleson, History of the Indian Mutiny, pp. 258–9.
‘The column’s march. . .’: Kaye & Malleson, History of the Indian Mutiny, pp. 300–1.
Ch. 30 The British Prevail
‘Only those who have enjoyed . . .’: Kaye & Malleson, History of the Indian Mutiny, pp. 300, 301.
‘feelings of horror . . .’:Woodham-Smith, Queen Victoria, p. 88.
Ch. 31 A ‘Friend’ in Trouble
‘Lord Elphinstone also ought not to be left . . .’:Weintraub, Victoria, p. 261.
‘demonstrated courage and resourcefulness . . .’:Weintraub, Victoria, p. 261.
‘I felt a real pleasure in bearing . . .’: Fraser, The Elphinstone Family Book, p. 343.
Ch. 32 Last Writes
‘Alas! Another most valuable . . .’:Weintraub, Victoria, p. 261.
Ch. 33 Noble Intentions
‘Thousand, thousand good wishes . . .’: Roberts (ed.), Letters to Vicky, p. 73.
Ch. 34 The End for Albert’s Torment
‘If you were to try to deny it . . .’:Weintraub, Edward the Caresser, p. 95.
Ch. 35 The Queen Has Gone Missing
‘I never can, or shall, look at him . . .’: Middlemas, The Life and Times of Edward VII, p. 31.
‘My dear Queen . . .’: Hibbert, The Royal Victorians, p. 326.
Ch. 36 The Queen Revives; Disraeli Dazzles
‘so lax and bad . . .’: Weintraub, Edward the Caresser, pp. 140, 141.
‘They may not dine out . . .’: Longford, Victoria R.I., p. 457.
‘Everyone likes flattery . . .’: Maurois, Disraeli, pp. 210 –18.
Ch. 39 Victoria Up; Brown Down
‘the sovereign and servant . . .’: Grosvenor, ‘Dear John’ History Today p. 78.
‘He protected me so . . .’: Grosvenor, ‘Dear John’ History Today p. 82.
Ch. 41 Victoria’s New Passion
‘Letters to her were signed. . .’: Basu, Victoria & Abdul, p. 208.
‘From the wisdom of businessmen . . .’: Maurois, King Edward and his Times, p. 31.
Ch. 43 Symbolism over Invalidism
‘I think it very dreadful that everyone was there . . .’: Longford, Victoria R.I., p. 707.
Ch. 44 Funeral for a Connoisseur
‘a simple running down . . .’: in Hibbert, The Royal Victorians, p. 501.
Ch. 45 Edward VII—Payback Time
‘The new King did not want . . .’: Basu, Victoria and Abdul,
p. 167.
Ch. 48 The Problem with David
‘His abdication was a severe loss . . .’: Speer, Inside the Third Reich, p. 118.
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