Author: Horace WalpolePublisher:
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Languages : en
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Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 2 (of 3).
Author: Horace WalpoleMemoirs of the Reign of King George the Second
Author: Horace WalpolePublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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The Townshend Moment
Author: Patrick GriffinPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300231148
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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The captivating story of two British brothers whose attempts to reform an empire helped to incite rebellion and revolution in America and insurgency and reform in Ireland Patrick Griffin chronicles the attempts of brothers Charles and George Townshend to control the forces of history in the heady days after Britain’s mythic victory over France in the mid-eighteenth century, and the historic and unintended consequences of their efforts. As British chancellor of the exchequer in 1767, Charles Townshend instituted fiscal policy that served as a catalyst for American rebellion against the Crown, while his brother George’s actions at the same moment as lord lieutenant of Ireland politicized the kingdom, leading to Irish legislative independence. This fascinating study is the first to consider as a linked history the influence of two all-but-forgotten brothers, both of whom rose to national prominence in the same year. Griffin vividly reconstructs the many worlds the Townshends moved through and explores how their shared conception of an empire that could harness the wealth of America to the manpower of Ireland initiated an age of revolution.
Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second
Author: Horace WalpolePublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 3 (of 3).
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Author: John Herbert SlaterPublisher:
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Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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A Catalogue of Selected Editions of Works in English Literature
Author: Bernard QuaritchPublisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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