Addington. A Life Of Henry Addington, First Viscount Sidmouth.
£30.00
Publisher
Collins St James's Place.
Place
London
Date
1965
Synopsis
Uncorrected advance proofs.
Item Description
8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 462 pp. In limp pink wrapper with printed title label. Spine sunned and a little wear to extremities; otherwise a very good copy. Proof copy (text only, without index or illustrations) of the biography of Henry Addington, First Viscount Addington (1752-1844)( who was both preceded and followed by WIlliam Pitt), Tory Prime Minister, 1801-04. In 1802 he negotiated the Treaty of Amiens, which obtained a short period of peace with Napoleonic France. He later served as Home Secretary, 1812-22. By Philip Ziegler (1929-2023), historian, biographer and journalist, who previously worked as a diplomat and publisher's editor.
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