Letters_from_England

作者：E D Bancroft

播音：Sibella Denton

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ElizabethBancroftwenttoEnglandwithherhusband,historianGeorgeBancroft,forthreeofthemostdynamicyyearsinEuropeanhstory.AsAmbassadortoEnglandfromtheUnitedStates,Georgemovedinthehighestcircles.Inhiswife'sletterstotheirsons,heruncle,herbrother,andMrs.Polk(thePresident'swife),weseeglimpsesnotonlyofearlyVictorianEnglishlife,butalsoofQueenVictoriaherself!Mrs.BancroftspeaksofdinnerswithBenjaminDisraeli,visitstoWordsworth,weekendsinthecountrywithLouisNapoleanandSirRobertPeelwithsuchmatteroffactaplombthatonecannothelpbeingimpressed.