Earl Bathurst and the British Empire 1762-1834

by Thompson, Neville

• ISBN13: 9780850526455
• ISBN10: 0850526450
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Leo Cooper

Summary

While the years offer Napoleon's defeat in 1815 are often glossed over as peaceful and uneventful, for Lord Bathurst, Britain's Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, they were ones of frenzied activity that did much to create the world balance of power we know today. While British armies took formal control of South Africa and increasing portions of India, Bathurst's shadow army of operatives seemed to have a finger in every pie worldwide.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Introduction	vii
A Friend of the Monarch and Mr Pitt, 1762--1807	1	(26)
Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth, 1807--1812	27	(24)
The Distant Triumph Song, 1812--1814	51	(24)
The Awful Shadow of Some Unseen Power, 1814--1815	75	(31)
The Idle Spear and Shield Uphung, 1815--1820	106	(29)
War in Heaven, 1820--1825	135	(20)
The Restraining and Liberating Hand	155	(31)
Brave Men in Trouble	186	(25)
A Friend of the Duke of Wellington, 1826--1828	211	(19)
Reluctant Reformer, 1828--1830	230	(16)
Crossing the Bar, 1830--1834	246	(15)
Notes	261	(26)
Bibliography	287	(14)
Index	301