Curzon - Couverture souple

Gilmour, David

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.

A propos du livre

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.

Détails de l'édition

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