Author: Augustus Granville Stapleton
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Languages : en
Pages : 638
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George Canning
Author: Wendy Hinde
Publisher: Collins Publishers San Francisco
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
"George Canning PC, FRS (11 April 1770? 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister ... Rory Muir has described Canning as "the most brilliant and colourful minister, and certainly the greatest orator in the government at a time when oratory was still politically important. He was a man of biting wit and invective, with immense confidence in his own ability, who often inspired either great friendship or deep dislike and distrust ... he was a passionate, active, committed man who poured his energy into whatever he undertook. This was his strength and also his weakness ... the government's ablest minister"."--Wikipedia.
Publisher: Collins Publishers San Francisco
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
"George Canning PC, FRS (11 April 1770? 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister ... Rory Muir has described Canning as "the most brilliant and colourful minister, and certainly the greatest orator in the government at a time when oratory was still politically important. He was a man of biting wit and invective, with immense confidence in his own ability, who often inspired either great friendship or deep dislike and distrust ... he was a passionate, active, committed man who poured his energy into whatever he undertook. This was his strength and also his weakness ... the government's ablest minister"."--Wikipedia.
George Canning and His Times
Author: Augustus Granville Stapleton
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Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 648
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The Cambridge History of British Foreign Policy, 1783-1919
Author: Sir Adolphus William Ward
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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The Quarterly Review
Author: William Gifford
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 910
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 910
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The Federal Cases
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 1410
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 1410
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The Duel
Author: Giles Hunt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857712225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The fateful duel of 1809 between Lord Castlereagh and George Canning is one of the great puzzles of 19th-century British politics. What made these two titans of the political scene - close colleagues and both highly effective members of the Cabinet - draw arms against each other? Canning was Foreign Secretary while Castlereagh was Secretary of State for War and the Colonies: what were they thinking on that ominous morning and what was important enough to provoke two Cabinet ministers to such extraordinary behaviour?This detailed history of the famous duel is the first to examine fully the careers of these two great men and the political conflicts that brought them to fire shots at each other on Putney Heath. Drawing on previously overlooked private papers, Giles Hunt traces what happened on that eventful day and its consequences for British politics. Castlereagh is traditionally depicted as an old-fashioned Tory reactionary, Canning as a brilliant but ambitious liberal. "The Duel" analyses how much truth there is in these descriptions and examines the roots of the political and personal rivalry which led these two men to face each other with pistols early in the morning of 21st September 1809 in one of the strangest and most significant duels of history.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857712225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The fateful duel of 1809 between Lord Castlereagh and George Canning is one of the great puzzles of 19th-century British politics. What made these two titans of the political scene - close colleagues and both highly effective members of the Cabinet - draw arms against each other? Canning was Foreign Secretary while Castlereagh was Secretary of State for War and the Colonies: what were they thinking on that ominous morning and what was important enough to provoke two Cabinet ministers to such extraordinary behaviour?This detailed history of the famous duel is the first to examine fully the careers of these two great men and the political conflicts that brought them to fire shots at each other on Putney Heath. Drawing on previously overlooked private papers, Giles Hunt traces what happened on that eventful day and its consequences for British politics. Castlereagh is traditionally depicted as an old-fashioned Tory reactionary, Canning as a brilliant but ambitious liberal. "The Duel" analyses how much truth there is in these descriptions and examines the roots of the political and personal rivalry which led these two men to face each other with pistols early in the morning of 21st September 1809 in one of the strangest and most significant duels of history.
Some Official Correspondence of George Canning [1821-1827]
Author: George Canning
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law
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Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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George Canning and his times
Author: Augustus Granville Stapleton
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393340821
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history. . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ideas and improbable allusions paragraph after paragraph and then, uncoiling, hit it with such power that his fans know they are experiencing the game of essay writing at its best."--John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393340821
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history. . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ideas and improbable allusions paragraph after paragraph and then, uncoiling, hit it with such power that his fans know they are experiencing the game of essay writing at its best."--John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review