This useful 1890 work recounts the history of England from the end of the Napoleonic War in 1815 to the peace of Paris in 1856, following the Crimean War. A balanced yet honest six-volume history, it is Walpole's masterpiece. Volume Four begins with the closing years of the reign of William IV and the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837; the book ends in the year 1841 with a chapter on the condition of England from political, commercial, and economic standpoints.