Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World

by C. Richard Middleton

The first biography of Charles Cornwallis in forty years--the soldier, governor, and statesman whose career covered America, India, Britain, and Ireland

Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300196806
• ISBN13: 9780300196801
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"