Lord North : the prime minister who lost America / Peter Whiteley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whiteley, Peter, 1928- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.

North, Frederick.

Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Foreign public opinion, British.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Rio Grande, Ohio : Hambledon Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Lord North was in many ways a most successful politician. Prime Minister for an unbroken twelve years, his management of both parliament and of the business of government was adept. He enjoyed the confidence of King George III, not always an easy political ally, avoided factional strife (having no political following of his own), was notably uncorrupt and made virtually no enemies. In many ways he epitomised the political outlook and aristocratic assumptions of the eighteenth century. He is, however, principally remembered for presiding over Britain's loss of her American colonies. Lord North: The Prime Minister Who Lost America is a scholarly but highly readable account of his life. It includes a full study of the American War of Independence, examining it from the perspective of the British government as well as from the colonial standpoint. No senior politician had visited America and few had a proper knowledge or understanding of Americans. Too often the colonists were regarded as unruly and ungrateful children, with whom compromise was either a sign of weakness or the betrayal of the principle of parliamentary sovereignty. High-mindedness contributed to the final humiliation, as did ignorant overconfidence. Military defeat, to a country that had become preeminent in Europe by the end of the Seven Years War, was not entertained as a possibility."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

1. Background and Upbringing

2. Coming of Age

3. Political Apprenticeship

4. A Man with a Future

5. Arrival

6. The King's Firsy Minister

7. A Confident Start

8. The East India Company

9. The Good Years

10. The Thirteen Colonies

11. The Gathering Storm

12. Wartime Prime Minister

13. After Saratoga

14. The Road to Yorktown

15. The End of an Era

16. The Coalition and the Last Decade

17. Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-267) and index.

ISBN:

9781474210348

1474210341

9780826434937

0826434932

OCLC:

1027206809