The lost imperialist : Lord Dufferin, memory and mythmaking in an age of celebrity
Gailey, Andrew2015
Books, Manuscripts
Frederick Hamiton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, enjoyed a glittering career which few could equal. As Viceroy of India and Governor-General of Canada, he held the two most exalted positions available under the Crown, but prior to this his achievements as a British ambassador included restoring order to sectarian conflict in Syria, helping to keep Canada British, paving the way for the annexation of Egypt and preventing war from breaking out on India's North-West Frontier. Dufferin was much more than a diplomat and politician, however: he was a leading Irish landlord, an adventurer and a travel writer whose Letters from High Latitudes proved a publishing sensation. With unique access to the family archive at Clandeboye, Andrew Gailey presents a full biography of the figure once referred to as the 'most popular man in Europe'.
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Author:
Gailey, Andrew, author
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2015.London : John Murray, 2015.
Collation:
454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781444792430 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.081092941.081941.081092 DUF
Language:
English
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BRN:
1684345