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Alexander W. Kinglake
Alexander William Kinglake (5 August 1809 - 2 January 1891) was an English travel writer and historian.
He was born near Taunton, Somerset and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambrid...view moreAlexander William Kinglake (5 August 1809 - 2 January 1891) was an English travel writer and historian.
He was born near Taunton, Somerset and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1837, and built up a thriving legal practice, which in 1856 he abandoned in order to devote himself to literature and public life.
His first literary venture had been Eothen; or Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East (1844), a very popular work of Eastern travel, apparently first published anonymously, in which he described a journey he made about ten years earlier in Syria, Palestine and Egypt, together with his Eton contemporary Lord Pollington. Elliot Warburton said it evoked “the East itself in vital actual reality” and it was instantly successful. However, his magnum opus was THE INVASION OF THE CRIMEA: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan, in 8 volumes, published from 1863 to 1887, one of the most effective works of its class.
The town of Kinglake in Victoria, Australia, and the adjacent national park are named after him.
A Whig, Kinglake was elected at the 1857 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MP) for Bridgwater, having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1852. He was returned at next two general elections, but the result of the 1868 general election in Bridgwater was voided on petition on 26 February 1869. No by-election was held, and after a Royal Commission found that there had been extensive corruption, the town was disenfranchised in 1870.
Kinglake passed away in 1891 at the age of 81.view less
Books by Alexander W. Kinglake
The Invasion of the Crimea: Vol. II [Sixth Edition]: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan The Invasion of the Crimea: Vol. I [Sixth Edition]: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Invasion of the Crimea: Vol. V [Sixth Edition]: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Invasion of the Crimea: Vol. VII [Sixth Edition]: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Invasion of the Crimea: Vol. III [Sixth Edition]: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Invasion of the Crimea: Vol. IV [Sixth Edition]: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Invasion of the Crimea: Vol. VI [Sixth Edition]: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Invasion of the Crimea: Vol. IX [Sixth Edition]: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Invasion of the Crimea: Vol. VIII [Sixth Edition]: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings