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No British statesman of the nineteenth century reached the same level of international fame as Lord Castlereagh, or won as much respect from the great powers of Europe or America. Yet no British statesman has been so maligned by his contemporaries or hated by the public. His career took him from the brutal suppression of a bloody rebellion in Ireland to the splendour of Vienna and Paris. He imprisoned his former friends, abolished the Irish parliament, created the biggest British army in history, and redrew the map of Europe. At a time when the West turns from idealism to realism in its foreign policy, Castlereagh's reputation is being revived. Yet neither his detractors nor his defenders have truly understood this shy, inarticulate but sometimes passionate man. In this book, John Bew tells the story of Castlereagh from the French Revolution through the Irish rebellion, the Napoleonic Wars, the diplomatic power struggles of 1814-5 and the mental breakdown that ended his life. John Bew paints a magisterial portrait not only of his subject but the tumultuous times in which he acted. Rather than the tyrant of legend, Castlereagh was a man whose mind captured the complexity of the European Enlightenment as much as any other. His mind was conservative and enlightened at the same time - and no less the one for being the other.
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Recensione:
'In this well-researched and judicious book, John Bew successfully readjusts the picture ... this excellent biography tells a cautionary tale' Literary Review.
'Bew's book is not only unparalleled in its size and sweep; it is also drenched in the Irish dimension, enriched by the author's own Ulster heritage, as well as the sagacity, scholarship and charm that make this a Life so nearly complete that it need never be written again' Ferdinand Mount. Times Literary Supplement.
'John Bew has some heavy lifting to do in this consciously revisionist take. It is a great testament to his skills as a scholar and writer that he manages to do so with such aplomb ... stellar' Tristram Hunt, Daily Telegraph.
'More than simply a biography of Castlereagh, it is a fascinating review of the war against Napoleon and authoritative assessment of the personalities involved in the Congress of Vienna and the issues they wrestled with in remoulding the face of Europe ... This is a book that offers insights not only into its subject but the nature and practice of diplomacy, statecraft,nationalism and internationalism' Irish Independent.
'Vast, well-researched biography ... [a] solid, accomplished book' Sunday Times.
'In a magisterial political portrait Bew brings Castlereagh and his world sharply back to life, and reassesses one of Britain's great forgotten statesmen' Telegraph.
'a compelling account' Times Literary Review. 'This is an excellent biography which has given us a far more realistic and nuanced view of this much maligned man' Contemporary Review.
'the most brilliant and wise political biography I have read in a long while' Wall Street Journal.
'[portrays Castlereagh] convincingly and without any historical or bibliographical contortion' London Review of Books.
L'autore:
'Bew's book is not only unparalleled in its size and sweep; it is also drenched in the Irish dimension, enriched by the author's own Ulster heritage, as well as the sagacity, scholarship and charm that make this a Life so nearly complete that it need never be written again' Ferdinand Mount. Times Literary Supplement.
'John Bew has some heavy lifting to do in this consciously revisionist take. It is a great testament to his skills as a scholar and writer that he manages to do so with such aplomb ... stellar' Tristram Hunt, Daily Telegraph.
'More than simply a biography of Castlereagh, it is a fascinating review of the war against Napoleon and authoritative assessment of the personalities involved in the Congress of Vienna and the issues they wrestled with in remoulding the face of Europe ... This is a book that offers insights not only into its subject but the nature and practice of diplomacy, statecraft,nationalism and internationalism' Irish Independent.
'Vast, well-researched biography ... [a] solid, accomplished book' Sunday Times.
'In a magisterial political portrait Bew brings Castlereagh and his world sharply back to life, and reassesses one of Britain's great forgotten statesmen' Telegraph.
'a compelling account' Times Literary Review. 'This is an excellent biography which has given us a far more realistic and nuanced view of this much maligned man' Contemporary Review.
'the most brilliant and wise political biography I have read in a long while' Wall Street Journal.
'[portrays Castlereagh] convincingly and without any historical or bibliographical contortion' London Review of Books.
In 2010 the Observer identified John Bew as one of the young British historians to watch. He is Deputy Director of ICSR and Lecturer in War Studies at King's College London. Prior to this, from 2007-10, he was Lecturer in Modern British History, Harris Fellow and Director of Studies at Peterhouse, Cambridge University.
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- EditoreQuercus Publishing
- Data di pubblicazione2011
- ISBN 10 0857388789
- ISBN 13 9780857388780
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine582
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