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Superior Person. A Portrail of Curzon and His Circle

Door Kenneth Rose

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#255386
Titel
Superior Person. A Portrail of Curzon and His Circle
Auteur
Rose, Kenneth
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London, Phoenix Press
Jaar van uitgave
2001
ISBN10
1842122339
ISBN13
9781842122334
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
In 1898, before he was 40, George Nathaniel Curzon, first and last Marquess of Curzon of Kedleston, was appointed Viceroy of India. It was a role for which he had consciously trained himself since his schooldays. Englishmen still believed robustly in the civilizing mission of the British Empire, and a small, self-sufficient ruling class of aristocratic and land-owning families took their right to rule for granted. It was, to use Kenneth Rose's striking phrase, an age of gunroom diplomacy, in which the shared intimacies of Eton and Balliol, of country houses and London clubs, dominated politics and influenced policy both at home and abroad. An enthralling portrait of a remarkable man and a remarkable time.
Pagina's
475
Conditie
Goed — Yellowed.
Prijs
€ 10,00

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