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000637898 1001_ $$aBew, John.
000637898 24510 $$aCastlereagh :$$ba life /$$cJohn Bew.
000637898 260__ $$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2012.
000637898 300__ $$axxx, 722 p. :$$bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;$$c25 cm.
000637898 500__ $$a"First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Quercus as Castlereagh: Enlightenment, War and Tyranny"--T.p. verso.
000637898 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000637898 5050_ $$aPart I -- Enlightenment and Apostasy -- Part II -The English Minister: Rise, Fall and Redemption, 1801-1814 -- Part III -- First Among Equals.
000637898 520__ $$a"Hardly is a figure more maligned in British history than Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh. One of the central figures of the Napoleonic Era and the man primarily responsible for fashioning Britain's strategy at the Congress of Vienna, Castlereagh was widely respected by the great powers of Europe and America, yet despised by his countrymen and those he sought to serve. A shrewd diplomat, he is credited with being one of the first great practitioners of Realpolitik and its cold-eyed and calculating view of the relations between nations. Over the course of his career, he crushed an Irish rebellion and abolished the Irish parliament, imprisoned his former friends, created the largest British army in history, and redrew the map of Europe. Today, Castlereagh is largely forgotten except as a tyrant who denied the freedoms won by the French and American revolutions. John Bew's fascinating biography restores the statesman to his place in history, offering a nuanced picture of a shy, often inarticulate figure whose mind captured the complexity of the European Enlightenment unlike any other. Bew tells a gripping story, beginning with the Year of the French, when Napoleon sent troops in support of a revolution in Ireland, and traces Castlereagh's evolution across the Napoleonic Wars, the diplomatic power struggles of 1814-15, and eventually the mental breakdown that ended his life. Skillfully balancing the dimensions of Castlereagh's intellectual life with his Irish heritage, Bew's definitive work brings Castleragh alive in all his complexity, variety, and depth."--Publisher's website.
000637898 60010 $$aCastlereagh, Robert Stewart,$$cViscount,$$d1769-1822.
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