George McGilvary

All for Union, Empire and Homeland

The Labours of "Honest John" Drummond of Quarrel

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This book uses original resources to uncover the valuable help given to Britain's leaders and her elite by the Scot, John Drummond of Quarrel. It reveals why he proved indispensable as a special consultant and counsellor to statesmen, nobles and businessmen, shows his devotion to the 1707 Union, and how he fed expansion of Britain's Empire while spying on her enemies. His professionalism, learned from the renascent culture of his beloved Scotland, benefitted commercial society in Britain and Holland. The volume argues that his contribution to a momentous, much discussed era was extraordinary, and his activities boosted exchange of global know… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-429-66318-5
EAN: 9780429663185
Produktnummer: 29553180
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 292 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'188 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 1 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 1 schwarz-weiße Fotos

Über den Autor

George McGilvary, now retired, was born in Edinburgh and graduated from Edinburgh University, where he is now an Honorary Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Scottish Centre of Diaspora Studies. He is the author of two major books and several articles relating to the English East India Company.