The Autobiography of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury: With Introduction, Notes, Appendices, and a Continuation of the Life

Edward Herbert

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107325104

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With Introduction, Notes, Appendices, and a Continuation of the Life

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Edward Herbert
Edited by Sidney L. Lee

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: October 2014
Print publication year:: 2013
Online ISBN:: 9781107325104
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107325104

Subjects:: British Theatre, English Literature: General Interest, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies

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Diplomat, philosopher and friend of John Donne and Ben Jonson, Edward Herbert (1582?–1648), first Baron Herbert of Cherbury, is best known for his philosophical treatise De veritate, examining the nature of truth. After Oxford and a period at court, he served as ambassador to France from 1619 to 1624. A reluctant Royalist, he surrendered the family seat, Montgomery Castle, to Parliament in 1644. His lively and amusing account of his adventures up to 1624 was first published by Horace Walpole in 1764 in an edition of only 200 copies. From the narrative we learn of Herbert's social triumphs in France and of his duels, affairs of the heart, views on education, and herbal remedies. Reissued here is the 1886 limited edition of 1,000 copies that was edited by the literary scholar Sidney Lee (1859–1926). Lee has completed Herbert's life story and offers an insightful introduction to the whole.

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With Introduction, Notes, Appendices, and a Continuation of the Life

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Preface
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

LIST OF ETCHED ILLUSTRATIONS
pp ix-x

INTRODUCTION
pp xi-lxvi

LORD HERBERT'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
pp 1-250

A CONTINUATION OF THE LIFE OF LORD HERBERT FROM 1624 TO 1648
pp 251-302

APPENDIX
pp 303-304

I - The Early History of the Herbert Family
pp 305-308

II - Wales in the Sixteenth Century
pp 308-313

III - Walton's and Donne's Accounts of Lord Herbert's Mother
pp 314-320

IV - Duelling in France and England in the Seventeenth Century
pp 321-325

V - Lord Herbert's Quarrel with Lord Howard of Walden
pp 326-332

VI - Lord Herbert's Instructions at the French Court
pp 332-334

VII - Lord Herbert's Correspondence
pp 334-356

INDEX
pp 357-369

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