Lord Lyons : A Diplomat in an Age of Nationalism and War.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (557 pages)
Cover -- LORD LYONS -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Beginnings -- 2 Rome -- 3 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary -- 4 The United States -- 5 The Disunited States -- 6 The American Civil War -- 7 Crisis -- 8 Intervention? -- 9 Marking Time -- 10 Ambassador to the Sublime Porte -- 11 To the Diplomatic Summit -- 12 Ambassador to a Liberalizing Empire -- 13 The Fall of the Second Empire -- 14 Monarchy or Republic? -- 15 The Third Republic -- 16 Endings -- Notes -- Index.
A biography of a man for all international crises.
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Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons,-Earl,-1817-1887. Diplomats-Great Britain-Biography. Diplomatic and consular service, British-History-19th century. Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871-Diplomatic history. Great Britain-Foreign relations-1837-1901. United States-Foreign relations-1861-1865.