The Life and Times of Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland

Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott

Methuen, 1908 - 358 pages

"Bibliographical note": pages 341-343.

Contents

• BOOK: 1
• BURFORD PRIORY: 13
• BOOK II: 45
• ELIZABETH SYMONDES AFTERWARDS LADY TANFIELD: 45
• ELIZABETH TANFIELD WIFE OF HENRY FIRST VISCOUNT: 54
• HENRY CARY FIRST VISCOUNT FALKLAND: 70
• POLITICS: 123
• THREE POSITIONS: 145
• LUCIUS SECOND VISCOUNT FALKLAND: 176
• CHURCH: 177
• 13: 193
• THE GRAND REMONSTRANCEFALKLAND AND PYM: 210
• FALKLAND AS SECRETARY OF STATE: 223
• ON THE EVE OF WAR: 236
• FALKLAND WITH SEAL AND SIGNATURE: 244
• BOOK IV: 251
• 27: 257
• FALKLAND AT OXFORD: 265
• PEACE NEGOTIATIONS: 287
• FALKLANDS LAST CAMPAIGN: 302
• FALKLANDS LAST MARCH: 313
• GREAT TEW CHURCH: 319
• 46: 331
• 73: 341
• A SELECTION OF BOOKS: 2
• Books for Travellers: 30

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Bibliographic information

• Title: The Life and Times of Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland
• Author: Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: Methuen, 1908
• Length: 358 pages