The Life of William Pitt, Volume 1: Earl of ChathamRoutledge, 14 thg 1, 2014 - 432 trang This impressive study of the life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, was first published in 1913 when it achieved instant recognition as a brilliant appraisal of Pitt's career. It is a book with many outstanding merits to commend it to students of eighteenth century English history. Based on thorough and extensive researches, it traces Pitt's career from his election as a Member of Parliament for Old Sarum in 1735 and gives a well balanced account of his part in home and foriegn politics and colonial affairs during the next 30 years. The book contains many good maps and an excellent index, and a very valuable appendix gives a list of all Pitt's extant speeches, with references to where reports of them may be found. These two substantial volumes are invaluable as a portrait of one of the most outstanding historical figures of the eighteenth century. |
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CHAPTER I GOVERNOR PITT 16531726 | 1 |
CHAPTER II PITTS EARLY YEARS 17081734 | 28 |
CHAPTER III PITT AND WALPOLE 17341742 | 60 |
CHAPTER IV PITT AND CARTERET 17421744 | 94 |
CHAPTER V PITT AND THE REBELLION 17441746 | 123 |
CHAPTER VI PITT AS PAYMASTER | 151 |
CHAPTER VII PITTS PRIVATE LIFE AND FRIENDSHIPS 17351754 | 190 |
CHAPTER VIII GLOOM AND SUNSHINE 1754 | 218 |
CHAPTER IX THE GREAT COMMONER 17541756 | 250 |
CHAPTER X THE AWAKENING OF THE PEOPLE 17561757 | 287 |
CHAPTER XI MR SECRETARY PITT AT WORK 1757 | 317 |
CHAPTER XII THE TIDE OF VICTORY SETS IN 1758 | 352 |
CHAPTER XIII PITT AND CHOISEUL 17581759 | 383 |