About the Author
John Heneage Jesse (1809-1874) was an English historian who sketched the people and society of England in many volumes, including Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts, Memoirs of the Court of England from the Revolution of 1688 to the Death of George II, and George Selwyn and his Contemporaries. He also tried his hand at drama and poetry with much less success.
