Castlereagh: Enlightenment, War and Tyranny by John Bew

Castlereagh: Enlightenment, War and Tyranny

John Bew

722 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced
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John Bew tells the story of Castlereagh from the French Revolution through the Irish rebellion, the Napoleonic Wars, the diplomatic power struggles of 1814-5 and the mental breakdown that ended his life. He paints a magisterial portrait not only o...

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