The Rise of Castlereagh
H.M. Hyde
1933
Macmillan and Co, Limited
First Edition
8vo
Description:
Hyde’s first major book follows the early career of Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, the statesman later infamous as the British Foreign Secretary of the Congress of Vienna and, for many Irishmen, as the minister who carried the Act of Union. It is an account of Castlereagh’s formative years in Ireland, from his youth in County Down and his election to the Irish Parliament to his period as Chief Secretary during the rebellion of 1798, and it gives a vivid picture of Irish life at the end of the eighteenth century.
Condition:
Good Condition. Red cloth with gilt titles. Boots library stamp to front board but no other stamps inside the book. Binding is firm. Contents are clean. Boards have light fraying to spine edges.
The Rise of Castlereagh
H.M. Hyde
1933
Macmillan and Co, Limited
First Edition
8vo
Description:
Hyde’s first major book follows the early career of Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, the statesman later infamous as the British Foreign Secretary of the Congress of Vienna and, for many Irishmen, as the minister who carried the Act of Union. It is an account of Castlereagh’s formative years in Ireland, from his youth in County Down and his election to the Irish Parliament to his period as Chief Secretary during the rebellion of 1798, and it gives a vivid picture of Irish life at the end of the eighteenth century.
Condition:
Good Condition. Red cloth with gilt titles. Boots library stamp to front board but no other stamps inside the book. Binding is firm. Contents are clean. Boards have light fraying to spine edges.
