Ebook: A History of England, Volume 4: From the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815

This useful 1890 work recounts the history of England from the end of the Napoleonic War in 1815 to the peace of Paris in 1856, following the Crimean War. A balanced yet honest six-volume history, it is Walpole's masterpiece. Volume Four begins with the closing years of the reign of William IV and the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837; the book ends in the year 1841 with a chapter on the condition of England from political, commercial, and economic standpoints.