Lord Lyons : a diplomat in an age of nationalism and war /

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The British ambassador in Washington during the US Civil War and ambassador in Paris before and after the Franco-Prussian war, Lord Lyons (1817-1887) was one of the most important diplomats of the Victorian period. Although frequently featured in histories of the United States and Europe in the seco...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jenkins, Brian, 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2014.
Subjects:
Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, > Earl, > 1817-1887.
Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, > Earl, > 1817-1887
1800-1901
Diplomats > Great Britain > Biography.
Diplomatic and consular service, British > History > 19th century.
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 > Diplomatic history.
Diplomates > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Service diplomatique et consulaire britannique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Guerre franco-allemande, 1870-1871 > Histoire diplomatique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Diplomatic and consular service, British
Diplomatic history
Diplomatic relations
Diplomats
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1837-1901.
United States > Foreign relations > 1861-1865.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > 1837-1901.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1861-1865.
Great Britain
United States
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Beginnings
  • Rome
  • Envoy extraordinary and minister Plenipotentiary
  • The United States
  • The Disunited States
  • The American Civil War
  • Crisis
  • Intervention?
  • Marking time
  • Ambassador to the sublime Porte
  • To the diplomatic summit
  • Ambassador to a liberlizing empire
  • The fall of the second empire
  • Monarchy or republic?
  • The third republic
  • Endings.

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