TY - BOOK AU - Fenton,Laurence TI - Palmerston and the Times: Foreign Policy, the Press and Public Opinion in Mid-Victorian Britain T2 - Library of Victorian Studies SN - 9780857736512 AV - DA550 .F46 2013 U1 - 327.41009034 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited KW - Palmerston, Henry John Temple,-Viscount,-1784-1865 KW - Times (London, England) KW - Press and politics-Great Britain-History-19th century KW - Great Britain-Foreign relations-1837-1901 KW - Great Britain-Politics and government-1837-1901 KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Politician -- 2. The Paper -- 3. Origins of Animosity -- 4. A New Editor -- 5. Palmerston vs. Guizot -- 6. Revolutions -- 7. The Rise and Fall of Palmerston -- 8. Rapprochement -- 9. The Last Years -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - England in the Age of Palmerston had two players of colossal influence on the world stage: Lord Palmerston himself - the dominant figure in foreign affairs in the mid-nineteenth century - and The Times - the first global newspaper, read avidly by statesmen around the world. Palmerston was also one of the first real media-manipulating politicians of the modern age, forging close links with a number of publications to create the so-called 'Palmerston press'. His relationship with The Times was more turbulent, a prolonged and bitter rivalry preceding eventual rapprochement during the Crimean War. In this book, Laurence Fenton explores the highly charged rivalry between these two titans of the mid-Victorian era, revealing the personal and political differences at the heart of an antagonism that stretched over the course of three decades UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1721122 ER -