Edwards, Henry Sutherland

Henry Sutherland Edwards was born in 1828 in the capital of the British Empire , London . He first studied in his hometown, then improved his knowledge in France .

In 1856, he attended the coronation of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, after which his book “ The Russians at home ” (published 1858 and 1879) ^{[1] appeared} .

Again, on instructions from the Times , he visited the Russian empire to study the process of peasant reform in Russia and fermentation in Poland . The result of his observations was a series of articles entitled " The Polish captivity " (1862) ^[1] .

Henry Sutherland Edwards was a direct witness to many outstanding events of the January Polish uprising , which he portrayed in The Polish History Insurrection (1864) after he was expelled from Warsaw and returned to England via St. Petersburg , Kiev and Galicia ^{[1 ]} .

During the Franco-Prussian War, Edwards was at the headquarters of King William the First ; He set forth his observations in the book The Germans in France (1874) ^[1] .

The Bosnian-Herzegovina uprising against the Ottoman Empire began in 1875 in Nevesinje and soon spread throughout the country by Edwards in his book The Slavonian provinces of Turkey (1876) ^[1] .

Henry Sutherland Edwards passed away in 1906.

• The Russians at home (1858);
• " The Polish captivity " (1862);
• History of the opera (1882);
• " The Polish history of insurrection " (1864);
• Life of Rossini (1869);
• The Germans in France (1874);
• " The Slavonian provinces of Turkey " (1876);
• " The lirical drama " (1881);
• “ The primadonna ” (1888, 2 t.);
• " The famous first representation " (1886);
• " The Faust Legend " (1886);
• " The Idols of the french stage " (1888);
• " The Russians at home and the Russians abroad " (1890),
• The Romanoffs (1890);
• " Old and new Paris " (1893–94);
• Personnal recollections (1900).

Novels:

• " The three Louisas " (1866);
• " The governor's daughter " (1868);
• Malvin'a (1871);
• " The missing man " (1885);
• " What is a girl to do?" "(1885);
• " The case of Rueben Malachi " (1886);
• Dutiful Daughters (1890).

• Edwards, Henry Sutherland, 1828-1906