Alexander William Kinglake (August 5, 1809 – January 2, 1891) was an English travel writer and historian. He was born near Taunton, Somerset and educated at Eton College and Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1837, and built up a thriving legal practice, which in 1856 he abandoned in order to devote himself to literature and public life.

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  • Alexander William Kinglake (August 5, 1809 – January 2, 1891) was an English travel writer and historian. He was born near Taunton, Somerset and educated at Eton College and Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1837, and built up a thriving legal practice, which in 1856 he abandoned in order to devote himself to literature and public life. His first literary venture had been Eothen, a very popular work of Eastern travel, published in 1844; but his magnum opus was his Invasion of the Crimea, in 8 volumes, published from 1863 to 1887, one of the most effective works of its class. It has been accused of being too favourable to Lord Raglan, and unduly hostile to Napoleon III, for whom the author had an extreme aversion. The town of Kinglake in Victoria, Australia, and the adjacent National Park is named after him.
  • Alexander William Kinglake war ein englischer Staatsmann und Historiker. Kinglake wurde am Eton College ausgebildet und studierte an der Universität Cambridge. Er wurde 1837 Sachwalter zu London, hörte aber 1856 auf zu praktizieren. 1857-68 war er als Vertreter der Liberalen für Bridgwater im Parlament, in dem er sich durch seine Interpellationen und Anträge über auswärtige Angelegenheiten hervortat. Sein erstes Werk Eothen (1844, neue Ausg. 1864), Briefe über eine Reise in den Orient, erregte großes Aufsehen. Sein vielschichtiges, aber wertvolles Hauptwerk ist die Geschichte des Krimkriegs: The invasion of the Crimea (London 1863-75, 5 Bde. ; 6. Aufl. 1883, 7 Bde.).
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  • Alexander William Kinglake (August 5, 1809 – January 2, 1891) was an English travel writer and historian. He was born near Taunton, Somerset and educated at Eton College and Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1837, and built up a thriving legal practice, which in 1856 he abandoned in order to devote himself to literature and public life.
  • Alexander William Kinglake war ein englischer Staatsmann und Historiker. Kinglake wurde am Eton College ausgebildet und studierte an der Universität Cambridge. Er wurde 1837 Sachwalter zu London, hörte aber 1856 auf zu praktizieren. 1857-68 war er als Vertreter der Liberalen für Bridgwater im Parlament, in dem er sich durch seine Interpellationen und Anträge über auswärtige Angelegenheiten hervortat. Sein erstes Werk Eothen (1844, neue Ausg.
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