Palmerston
In serving more than fifty years in public life, Palmerston placed his stamp upon nineteenth-century Britain. Born and bred an eighteenth-century aristocrat, he initially seemed out of place in a world stirred by the twin forces of the French and Industrial Revolutions, and more suited to the dandified life of the beau monde. As a conservative politician, he appeared ill fit for an age of reform, and as Foreign Secretary his gunboat diplomacy courted war and revolution at a time when European diplomats were seeking peace and stability.However, as Paul R. Ziegler's compelling biography shows, the 3rd Viscount Palmerston was a man of contradi…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4039-4039-1
- EAN: 9781403940391
- Produktnummer: 29572373
- Verlag: Macmillan Education
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 156 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 5'964 KB
- Auflage: 2002
- Abbildungen: Bibliographie
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