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Lord North : The Prime Minister Who Lost America by Peter Whiteley (2003, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

ISBN-101852851457

ISBN-139781852851453

eBay Product ID (ePID)404576

Product Key Features

Number of Pages304 Pages

Publication NameLord North : the Prime Minister Who Lost America

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

SubjectCultural Heritage, General, Political, Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

AuthorPeter Whiteley

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight21.3 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN96-049807

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal941.07/3/092 B

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisLord North was in many ways a most successful politician. Prime Minister for an unbroken twelve years, his management of both parliament and of the business of government was adept. He enjoyed the confidence of King George III, not always an easy political ally, avoided factional strife (having no political following of his own), was notably uncorrupt and made virtually no enemies. In many ways he epitomised the political outlook and aristocratic assumptions of the eighteenth century. He is, however, principally remembered for presiding over Britain's loss of her American colonies. Lord North: The Prime Minister Who Lost America is a scholarly but highly readable account of his life. It includes a full study of the American War of Independence, examining it from the perspective of the British government as well as from the colonial standpoint. No senior politician had visited America and few had a proper knowledge or understanding of Americans. Too often the colonists were regarded as unruly and ungrateful children, with whom compromise was either a sign of weakness or the betrayal of the principle of parliamentary sovereignty. Highmindedness contributed to the final humiliation, as did ignorant overconfidence. Military defeat, to a country that had become preeminent in Europe by the end of the Seven Years War, was not entertained as a possibility.

LC Classification NumberDA506.N7W48 1996