The Political cabinet: or, An impartial review of the most remarkable occurrences of the world, particularly of Europe

The Political cabinet: or, An impartial review of the most remarkable occurrences of the world, particularly of Europe
Title The Political cabinet: or, An impartial review of the most remarkable occurrences of the world, particularly of Europe PDF eBook
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British Politics and Foreign Policy, 1744-57

British Politics and Foreign Policy, 1744-57
Title British Politics and Foreign Policy, 1744-57 PDF eBook
Author Jeremy Black
Publisher Routledge
Total Pages 292
Release 2016-03-03
Genre History
ISBN 1317171608

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The years between 1744 and 1757 were a testing time for the British government as political unrest at home exploded into armed rebellion, whilst on the continent French armies were repeatedly victorious. Providing an analytical narrative, supported by thematic chapters, this book examines the relationship between Britain’s politics and foreign policy in a period not hitherto treated as a unit. Building upon methods employed in the preceding two books (’Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of George I, 1714-1727’ and ’Politics and Foreign Policy, 1727-44’), this volume charts the significant political changes of 1744-57. It shows how ministerial change and political fortunes were closely linked to foreign policy, with foreign policy affecting, and being affected by, political developments. In particular, it asks important questions about the politics and foreign policy of these years and thus reconsiders the context of imperial growth, economic development and political stability. Far from being simply a study of individual episodes, the book outlines the structural aspects of the relationship between foreign policy and politics, examining issues of political stability, motivation and effectiveness. In particular, the role of monarch, Court and ministers are considered alongside those of Parliament, parliamentary politics, and the public sphere of discussion, notably, but not only, the press. The book therefore offers a guided narrative that both uses and builds on the analysis offered by contemporary commentators, and provides an informed assessment of the significance of the ideas, terms and language employed in eighteenth-century Britain to discuss foreign policy and politics.

British Museum

British Museum
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British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books

British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
Title British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books PDF eBook
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Total Pages 808
Release 1886
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Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum

Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Title Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum PDF eBook
Author British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Total Pages 810
Release 1885
Genre English literature
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The Library of Benjamin Franklin

The Library of Benjamin Franklin
Title The Library of Benjamin Franklin PDF eBook
Author Edwin Wolf
Publisher American Philosophical Society
Total Pages 1012
Release 2006
Genre Reference
ISBN 9780871692573

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Beginning in the 1950s, Edwin Wolf 2nd embarked on a biblio'l. quest to reconstruct the library of Benjamin Franklin, which was the largest & best private library in Amer. at the time of his death & was subsequently dispersed. The contents of Franklin's library were virtually unknown until Wolf identified the unique shelfmarks that Franklin used to organize his books. That discovery allowed Wolf to locate 2,700 titles in 1,000 vols. that Franklin actually owned. Wolf also identified a further 700 titles owned by Franklin. After wolf's death, Kevin Hayes took up the project & brought it to fruition. This catalogue includes almost 4,000 books known to have been owned by Franklin, & the Intro. tells the complete story of Franklin's library, its dispersal, & its reconstruction.

Theodore Von Neuhoff, King of Corsica

Theodore Von Neuhoff, King of Corsica
Title Theodore Von Neuhoff, King of Corsica PDF eBook
Author Julia Gasper
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages 313
Release 2013
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1611494400

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"A visionary and a madman" was how one British statesman, Lord Carteret, described Theodore von Neuhoff. This exciting biography, Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica: The Man behind the Legend by Julia Gasper, traces the unlikely career of the German baron who in 1736 had himself crowned the King of Corsica. Theodore von Neuhoff's career spanned the entire European continent and his role in the Corsican rebellion against Genoa was as bold and unconventional as everything else in his life. Mixing with royalty, rogues and rabble, he was successively a soldier, secret agent, Jacobite, speculator, alchemist, cabbalist, Rosicrucian, astrologer, fraudster, and spy. He had changed his name several times, abducted a nun and seen the inside of several prisons before turning his hand to revolution. Neuhoff had daring far-sighted ideas about religious tolerance and the abolition of slavery that turned the Corsican rebellion into a significant political event with repercussions way beyond the shores of one small island. Denounced as an arch-criminal, traitor and seditious heretic, he survived pursuit by the agents of the Genoese Republic for twenty years with a price on his head, dodging assassination attempts while meeting countless famous and fascinating people. Valuable to the British as a political tool against the French, he spent his old age in relative comfort in an English debtors' prison. Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica argues that despite all his eccentricity Neuhoff was still a significant Enlightenment figure.