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Curzon - Couverture souple

Gilmour, David

 
9780333644065: Curzon
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0333644069 ISBN 13 : 9780333644065
Editeur : Papermac, 1995

Synopsis

This work provides a biography of George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India under Queen Victoria and Foreign Secretary under George V. Emphasis is placed on Curzon's personal relationships, the long vendettas, the turbulent friendships and the passionate love affairs that filled his life.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Few statesmen have led such colourful and controversial lives as George Nathaniel Curzon. Brilliant, tempestuous and - in the words of the notorious rhyme - superior, his career was an almost unparalleled blend of triumph and disappointment. Queen Victoria's last Viceroy of India, his term of office ended in dramatic resignation. And despite his later successes as Foreign Secretary, George V thwarted his ambition to become Prime Minister. David Gilmour presents a portrait of this complex figure, whose personal life was marked by equivalent vicissitudes of fortune.

Biographie de l'auteur

David Gilmour's books include the award-winning biographies, The Last Leopard: a Life of Giuseppe di Lampedusa and The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling. He is also the author of Cities of Spain and several works on the politics of Spain and the Middle East. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a former Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, he is a contributor to The Spectator, the Financial Times and the New York Review of Books.

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Éditeur
Papermac
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0333644069
ISBN 13 
9780333644065
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
704
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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