Lady John Russell: A Memoir with Selections from Her Diaries and Correspondence
CHAPTER VI. 1847-52
Pembroke Lodge--Difficulties of the Ministry--Revolution in France --Chartism--Petersham School founded by Lord and Lady John--The Papal Bull--Durham Letter--The Queen and Lord Palmerston--The _Coup d'État_--Breach with Palmerston--Defeat of the Russell Government--Literary friends