Pitt
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, liberal prime minister (1894-1895), wrote this short biography of William Pitt, the Younger (1759-1806), the controversial young prime minister who led Great Britain during the terrible trial of the Napoleonic Wars. Lord Rosebery writes: "From the dead eighteenth century his figure still faces us with a majesty of loneliness and courage. There may have been men both abler and greater than he, though it is not easy to cite them; but in all history there is no more patriotic spirit, none more intrepid, and none more pure." (Pamela Nagami)
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography
Language: English
Keyword(s): napoleon (40), English History (35), george iii (6), duke of wellington (4), charles james fox (3), William Pitt (2), Lord Nelson (2), william wilberforce (2)