The Insatiable Earl
Author | : N. A. M. Rodger |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : N. A. M. Rodger |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : N. A. M. Rodger |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780393333299 |
Author | : Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 876 |
Release | : 2013-06-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300195249 |
Questioning popular belief, a historian and re-examines what exactly led to the British Empire’s loss of the American Revolution. The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O’Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve their surprising victory. In interlinked biographical chapters, the author follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III, Prime Minister Lord North, military leaders including General Burgoyne, the Earl of Sandwich, and others who, for the most part, led ably and even brilliantly. Victories were frequent, and in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War. Yet roiling political complexities at home, combined with the fervency of the fighting Americans, proved fatal to the British war effort. The book concludes with a penetrating assessment of the years after Yorktown, when the British achieved victories against the French and Spanish, thereby keeping intact what remained of the British Empire. “A remarkable book about an important but curiously underappreciated subject: the British side of the American Revolution. With meticulous scholarship and an eloquent writing style, O'Shaughnessy gives us a fresh and compelling view of a critical aspect of the struggle that changed the world.”—Jon Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Author | : Martin Levy |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2004-12-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0060559756 |
On a spring evening in 1779, as she emerged from London's Covent Garden Theatre, a beautiful young woman was shot in the head at point-blank range by a man in a black suit. The brutal murder was even more shocking because of the victim's identity -- she was Martha Ray, live-in mistress to the Earl of Sandwich and devotee of the arts. The man accused of her murder was none other than James Hackman, a respected Anglican minister and Ray's former lover. The aftermath of the crime created an uproar in London high society, as aristocrats debated Hackman's motives. Had he intended to commit suicide, as he later claimed, but, in a moment of weakness, turned his gun on Ray instead? This riveting tale of a crime of passion re-creates the slaying and the clergyman's trial, which was the unrivaled media sensation of its time.
Author | : Olivia Parker |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2009-08-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0061905313 |
A marriage of convenience is anything but in To Wed a Wicked Earl, the second book from Olivia Parker, author of At the Bride Hunt Ball. This Regency romance is the story of an earl who must find a bride immediately, lest he lose his inheritance.
Author | : Earl Naumann |
Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2004-02 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9781570718496 |
Author Naumann conducted surveys and in-depth interviews with 1,500 individuals across America, and his empirical findings revealed a staggering statistic--nearly half of his respondents had experienced love at first sight. Now he includes their heartfelt stories to reveal the soul behind the phenomenon.
Author | : John E. Talbott |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2013-09-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1135230021 |
Examiner of the Navy and the First Lord of the Admiralty during the Trafalgar Campaign, Sir Charles Middleton was responsible for creating vital links between the naval shore establishment, policy makers in Whitehall and commanders at sea.
Author | : Professor Jeremy Black |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2002-01-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1135360804 |
In 1688, Britain was successfully invaded, its army and navy unable to prevent the overthrow of the government. 1815, Britain was the strongest power in the world with the most succesful navy and the largest empire. Britain had not only played a prominent role in the defeat of Napoleonic France, but had also established itself as a significant power in South Asia and was unsurpassed in her global reach. Her military strength was related to, and based on, one of the best systems of public finance in the world and held a strong trade position. This illustrated text assesses the military aspects of this shift, concentrating on the multi-faceted nature of the British military effort.; Topics covered include: the rise of Britain; an analysis of military infrastructure; warfare in the British Isles; conventional warfare in Europe; trans- oceanic warfare with European powers; the challenge of America; and the challenge of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France.
Author | : Sir James Henry Ramsay (bart.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sir James Henry Ramsay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |