The Life of William Pitt, Volume 1: Earl of ChathamTaylor & Francis, 1966 - 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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PITTS EARLY YEARS 17081734 | 34 |
2859 | 60 |
IN WAR 17461748 | 151 |
CHAPTER PAGES | 317 |
THE TIDE OF VICTORY SETS IN 1758 352382 | 352 |
PITT AND CHOISEUL 17581759 383408 | 383 |