Pitt the Elder

by Jeremy Black

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521398061
• ISBN13: 9780521398060
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 7.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"