Castlereagh

The best political biography of the year' Jonathan Sumption, Spectator 'Wonderful . . . A Life so nearly complete it need never be written again' Ferdinand Mount, Times Literary Supplement By the author of the Orwell Prize-winning Citizen Clem Damned in coruscating verse by Shelley and Byron, his coffin hissed at during his funeral, Lord Castlereagh has one of the blackest reputations in British history. But as John Bew shows, this is but a half-drawn portrait. His gripping biography reveals a shy, inarticulate but passionate man; a towering political figure of implacable principles who redrew the map of Europe, fought a duel with a cabinet colleague and would tragically take his own life amid rumours of scandal and madness.

Product details

• Authors: John Bew, Bew John
• Publisher: Riverrun
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.10.2013
• EAN: 9780857388407
• ISBN: 978-0-85738-840-7
• No. of pages: 768
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 191 mm x 48 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Europe, European History, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Biography: historical, political and military, Specific wars and campaigns, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Napoleonic Wars