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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Payne, Reider
Titre(s) : War and diplomacy in the Napoleonic era [Texte imprimé] : Sir Charles Stewart, Castlereagh and the balance of power in Europe / Reider Payne
Publication : London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-262 p.-[16] p. de pl.) : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Collection : International library of historical studies
Lien à la collection : International library of historical studies
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"The lives and careers of Sir Charles Stewart and his brother Lord Castlereagh take
in a grand stage, from Britain and Ireland to the kingdoms and empires of western
and central Europe. Throughout his life Stewart played a key role in shaping Europe:
his is a Regency drama beyond anything imagined by Jane Austen: warfare, diplomacy,
affairs, royal scandal, a romantic and brilliant marriage, and a brother's suicide.
Stewart was at the heart of some of history's greatest events which took him from
the bloodiest actions of the Napoleonic Wars to the palaces of Europe's ruling dynasties.
For an all too brief period, Stewart blazed across the battlefields and chancelleries
of Europe, enjoying a meteoric rise to the highest positions and influence, in a career
indelibly linked to his brother's and one which is virtually unique. Stewart even
found time to enjoy his share of scandal, from affairs and parties in Vienna to running
a spy network which aimed to charge a Princess of Wales with adultery. Reider Payne's
book is international in its scope and ambitions: with Stewart's military and diplomatic
theatre of operations including Portugal, Spain, Prussia, Saxony, France, Austria
and the Austrian territories in Italy. Stewart sat at the heart of the intrigues and
social circles of Regency England, and his life story offers an unrivalled viewpoint
into the competing claims and demands of Europe's courts."
Sujet(s) : Londonderry, Charles William Vane (1778-1854 ; marquis de)
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart (1769-1822 ; vicomte)
Relations extérieures -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1789-1820
Guerres napoléoniennes (1800-1815)
Europe -- 1789-1815
Indice(s) Dewey :
941.073 092 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Îles britanniques - 1760-1820 - Biographie ; 327.420 44 (23e éd.) = Relations extérieures - Angleterre - France
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 178831512X. - ISBN 9781788315128 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb467709609
Notice n° :
FRBNF46770960
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: The dragon's crest; Chapter 1 Portugal and Spain; Chapter 2 To war with
Wellesley; Chapter 3 Great gallantry; Chapter 4 Roving ambassador; Chapter 5 The Brandenburg
Hussars; Chapter 6 The fall of France; Chapter 7 The Congress of Vienna; Chapter 8
Vive l'Empereur!; Chapter 9 To Paris again; Chapter 10 The Caroline Affair; Chapter
11 Vanes and Tempests; Chapter 12 The Milan Commission; Chapter 13 A Vane heir; Chapter
14 The deplorable event; Chapter 15 Gentlemanly conduct; Notes
