The Music, the Passion!
My Beloved has finally returned, bearing souvenirs of extreme cheesiness from Las Vegas. I am now the extremely proud possessor of a Barry Manilow wallet.
I've almost got to the end of Lord Melbourne's biography. All his friends are named after places in the colonies (eg Palmerston and Glenelg) but they haven't mentioned Australia once or even the founding of Melbourne!
Actually, the debonair tone of the book that assume the reader is across the detail of nineteenth century political history is becoming quite tiring because I must have been home sick the day we did the Corn Laws. Apparently they kept the price of grain high to keep the landed gentry rich. Looks like there's a long tradition of agrarian socialism.
The best part of the book is the description of the years when Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister was the mentor to the young Queen Victoria. She wrote everything down in her diary and she adored him. Very sweet. Until of course she found Prince Albert.
I've almost got to the end of Lord Melbourne's biography. All his friends are named after places in the colonies (eg Palmerston and Glenelg) but they haven't mentioned Australia once or even the founding of Melbourne!
Actually, the debonair tone of the book that assume the reader is across the detail of nineteenth century political history is becoming quite tiring because I must have been home sick the day we did the Corn Laws. Apparently they kept the price of grain high to keep the landed gentry rich. Looks like there's a long tradition of agrarian socialism.
The best part of the book is the description of the years when Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister was the mentor to the young Queen Victoria. She wrote everything down in her diary and she adored him. Very sweet. Until of course she found Prince Albert.
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