Descrizione

I ed. Testo in inglese. Contents: Preface - Pitt's Early Life - Member of Old Sarum - Pitt, Carteret and the Pelhams - Paymaster-General - Pitt and Fox Rivals - The Pitt and Devonshire Ministry - The Pitt and Newcastle Ministry: Klosterseven and Rochefort - Pitt's War: 1758 - Pitt's War: Annus Mirabilis and the Death of the King - The New Reign: Lord Bute the Favourite - Pitt Resigns Office - The Peace of Paris - Pitt and the Grenville Administration - Pitt and the Rockingham Administration - The Chatham Administration - Chatham and the Whig Opposition - Chatham and America - Pitt in Retrospect - Notes - Bibliography - Index. In-8, pp. 448, cart., sovracc. con ritratto in b/n (William Hoare, William Pitt, Earl of Chatham". National Portrait Gallery). In antiporta tavola con lo stesso ritratto in b/n della copertina. Stato buono"