William Pitt: A Biography

(1892)

by L. Rosebery




I: Youth
II: Shelburne and the Coalition
III: Accession to Power
IV: First Years of Administration
V: Warren Hastings and theRegency
VI: The French Revolution
VII: The Shadow of the French Revolution
VIII: War
IX: Pitt as War Minister
X: Domestic Policy
XI: Ireland
XII: Pitt and Wellesley
XIII: Fall of the Government
XIV: The End
XV: Character and Position of Pitt

Appendix A: British Subsidies 1793-1805
Appendix B: Stock Raised and Capital Value Charts 1793-1806 (extremely slow: 519K)
Appendix C: Pitt's Personal Income
Appendix D: Pitt's Actual Last Words

Book Summary

Favorable bio of "Pitt the Younger" follows his life from youth to becoming the youngest prime minister of England at 24 years old and through his second ministry against the growing might of Napoleon. Includes letters and correspondence with the future Duke of Wellington.


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