John Kemble’s Gibraltar Journal : The Spanish Expedition of the Cambridge Apostles, 1830-1831

The summer of 1830 stirred revolutionary desires in young hearts across Europe. More than a generation of war and political instability had failed to dampen the fervor still felt from the French Revolution. In England the Cambridge Apostles took up the cause of the Spanish émigrés so movingly visible in London where they had sought refuge from the tyranny of Ferdinand VII and his suppression of constitutional rights. The Spanish Expedition of the Cambridge Apostles has always captured our imaginations. Its blend of idealism and daring, of theory and practice, of thought and energy, seems perfectly to fulfill the principles the Apostles steadfastly espoused, a combination of faith and works. The episodes comprised in most accounts of the expedition are symbolic and filled with intrigue: secret meetings, assumed names, hidden messages, contraband, narrow escapes from the authorities, treachery, and finally a bloody execution on the beach at Málaga. A host of newly-discovered documents now enable us to re-examine one of the most intriguing events in British intellectual history. A host of newly-discovered documents enable us to re-examine one of the most intriguing events in British intellectual history, the Spanish Expedition of the Cambridge Apostles in 1830-1. The summer of 1830 stirred revolutionary desires in young hearts across Europe. More than a generation of war and political instability had failed to dampen the fervor still felt from the French Revolution. In England the Cambridge Apostles took up the cause of the Spanish emigres so movingly visible in London where they had sought refuge from the tyranny of Ferdinand VII and his suppression of constitutional rights. The Spanish Expedition of the Cambridge Apostles has always captured our imaginations. Its blend of idealism and daring, of theory and practice, of thought and energy, seems perfectly to fulfill the principles the Apostles steadfastly espoused, a combination of faith and works. The episodes comprised in most accounts of the expedition are symbolic and filled with intrigue: secret meetings, assumed names, hidden messages, contraband, narrow escapes from the authorities, treachery, and finally a bloody execution on the beach at Malaga. A host of newly-discovered documents now enable us to re-examine one of the most intriguing events in British intellectual history "The summer of 1830 stirred revolutionary desires in young hearts across Europe. More than a generation of war and political instability had failed to dampen the fervor still felt from the French Revolution. In England the Cambridge Apostles took up the cause of the Spanish émigrés so movingly visible in London where they had sought refuge from the tyranny of Ferdinand VII and his suppression of constitutional rights. The Spanish Expedition of the Cambridge Apostles has always captured our imaginations. Its blend of idealism and daring, of theory and practice, of thought and energy, seems perfectly to fulfill the principles the Apostles steadfastly espoused, a combination of faith and works. The episodes comprised in most accounts of the expedition are symbolic and filled with intrigue: secret meetings, assumed names, hidden messages, contraband, narrow escapes from the authorities, treachery, and finally a bloody execution on the beach at Málaga. A host of newly-discovered documents now enable us to re-examine one of the most intriguing events in British intellectual history"-- Provided by publisher "Cover " -- "Half-Title " -- "Title " -- "Copyright " -- "Dedication " -- "Contents" -- "List of Illustrations" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Abbreviations of Printed Works" -- "Editorial Notes and Practices" -- "1 Introduction" -- "2 John Kembleâ#x80;#x99;s Gibraltar Journal" -- "3 Appendix 1: The Dunedin Letter Album" -- "4 Appendix 2: Thoughts on the Foreign Policy of England by Jacob Sternwall. London: James Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1827" -- "5 Appendix 3: The Events Surrounding the Seizure of the Schooner Mary" -- "6 Appendix 4: John Mitchell Kemble to Fanny Kemble: Letters in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, W.b. 596." -- "7 Appendix 5: The Testimony of Doña Luisa Saenz de Viniegra de Torrijos, Vida del General José María de Torrijos y Uriarte (2v, Madrid: Manuel Minuesa, 1860)." -- "8 Appendix 6: Málaga and After: Selections from Bodleian Library MS. Eng. lett. b.4 40476" -- "Bibliography" Front Matter....Pages i-xix Introduction....Pages 1-30 John Kemble’s Gibraltar Journal....Pages 31-206 Appendix 1: The Dunedin Letter Album....Pages 207-315 Appendix 2: Thoughts on the Foreign Policy of England by Jacob Sternwall. London: James Ridgway, Piccadilly 1827....Pages 316-342 Appendix 3: The Events Surrounding the Seizure of the Schooner Mary....Pages 343-350 Appendix 4: John Mitchell Kemble to Fanny Kemble: Letters in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, W.b. 596....Pages 351-369 Appendix 5: The Testimony of Doña Luisa Saenz de Viniegra de Torrijos, Vida del General José María de Torrijos y Uriarte (2v, Madrid: Manuel Minuesa, 1860)....Pages 370-380 Appendix 6: Málaga and After: Selections from Bodleian Library MS. Eng. lett. b.4 40476....Pages 381-396 Back Matter....Pages 397-425