William Pitt the Younger

William Pitt the Younger
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William Pitt the Younger is an illuminating biography of one of the great iconic figures in British history: the man who in 1784 at the age of twenty-four became (and so remains) the youngest Prime Minister in the history of England. In this lively and authoritative study, William Hagueâ€“himself the youngest political party leader in recent historyâ€“explains the dramatic events and exceptional abilities that allowed extreme youth to be combined with great power.
The brilliant son of a father who was also Prime Minister, Pitt was derided as a â€œschoolboyâ€ when he took office. Yet within months he had outwitted his opponents, and he went on to dominate the political scene for twenty-two years (nineteen of them as Prime Minister). No British politician since has exercised such supremacy for so long.

Pittâ€™s personality has always been hard to unravel. Though he was generally thought to be cold and aloof, his friends described him as the wittiest man they ever knew. By seeing him through the eyes of a politician, William Hagueâ€“a prominent member of Britainâ€™s Conservative Partyâ€“succeeds in explaining Pittâ€™s actions and motives through a series of great national crises, including the madness of King George III, the impact of the French Revolution, and the trauma of the Napoleonic wars. He describes how a man dedicated to peace became Britainâ€™s longest-serving war leader, how Pitt the liberal reformer became Pitt the author of repression, and howâ€“though undisputed master of the nationâ€™s financesâ€“he died with vast personal debts.

With its rich cast of characters, including Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Edmund Burke, and George III himself, and set against a backdrop of industrial revolution and global conflict, this is a richly detailed and rounded portrait of an extraordinary political life.
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2005-02-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400040520

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2005-02-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781400040520

William Pitt the Younger

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