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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      30 September 2009
      27 November 1992
      ISBN:
      9780511560354
      9780521398060
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511560354
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.43kg, 340 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, British History: General Interest, British History after 1450, History, English Literature 1700-1830
      Series:
      British Lives
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    Subjects:
    Literature, British History: General Interest, British History after 1450, History, English Literature 1700-1830
    Series:
    British Lives
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    This book offers a readable yet scholarly account of the life of one of the greatest statesmen of empire, William Pitt the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-78). Chatham is seen as a political outsider who rose to direct British policy in the Seven Years War, the crucial struggle that gave Canada to Britain. A critic of domestic corruption, he was subsequently a champion of American liberties. Chatham's achievement was all the more remarkable for a politician who was dogged for much of his life by poor physical health and considerable mental stress. His position as an outsider was crucial: it helped make his reputation, and to make him an unsettling figure. It also caused problems when he gained office, but it ensured Chatham was and seemed, 'different'. He was a man with whom the national interest could be associated, not simply because he made the claim himself, but also because he seemed apart from the world of court and connection.

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