{"product_id":"pitt-the-elder-man-of-war","title":"Pitt the Elder: Man of War","description":"\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGroundbreaking in its approach, this is the definitive biography of William Pitt the Elder—a brilliant, yet tragic, British statesman  Weaving together military history and political biography, Edward Pearce provides a portrait of Britain's leader during the Seven Years' War. Alongside detailed descriptions of battles in Europe and North America, we follow Pitt's career as a politician—one that was closely intertwined with General James Wolfe at Quebec; American independence; and, the slow mind of George III and the quick one of the rake and outsider John Wilkes. Posterity has invested Pitt with a mystique and presented him as heroic, a titan, a brilliant statesman, and military strategist. This book scrutinizes the reputation and investigates the extent to which Britain's victories and imperial advances can be credited to Pitt alone or to a coalition of commanders, naval administrators, and foreign allies. Pitt the man is also revealed—vain, ruthless, tortured with physical illness, succumbing to mental collapse. This is a masterful portrait of arguably the most powerful minister ever to guide Britain's foreign policy and of an age that marked a new epoch in history, when the balance of power in Europe and the world was set for almost two centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47209451258203,"sku":"","price":4.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/1_f2e74b95-cc58-4158-bf53-ca1aeec48f20.jpg?v=1697291311","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/pitt-the-elder-man-of-war","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}