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

Title
Lord Lyons : a diplomat in an age of nationalism and war / Brian Jenkins.
Author
Jenkins, Brian, 1939-
Publication
  • Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.
  • ©2014

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Description
viii, 541 pages : portraits; 24 cm
Summary
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 second half of the nineteenth century, and in discussions and analyses of British foreign policy, he has remained an ill-defined figure. In Lord Lyons: A Diplomat in an Age of Nationalism and War, Brian Jenkins explains the man and examines his career. Based on a staggering study of primary sources, he presents a convincing portrait of a subject who rarely revealed himself personally. Though he avoided publicity, Lyons came to be regarded as his nation's premier diplomat as his career took him to the heart of the great international issues and crises of his generation. As minister to the United States he played a vital role in preserving Anglo-American peace and was a powerful voice opposing Anglo-French intervention in the Civil War. While ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, he helped to prevent French control of the Suez Canal then under construction. In France, he maintained an amiable and constructive relationship with a bitter nation struggling to reorganize itself and its constitution after the Franco-Prussian War. For many historians Lord Lyons has been difficult to ignore but hard to admire. In rescuing him as a truly important historical figure, Jenkins details for the first time the personal and public strategies Lyons employed through decades of exemplary diplomatic service on both sides of the Atlantic. -- Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-525) and index.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Issued also in electronic format.
Contents
Preface -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 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 -- Notes -- Index.
Call Number
JFE 16-7431
ISBN
  • 9780773544093
  • 0773544097
  • 9780773596368
  • 0773596364
  • 9780773596351
  • 0773596356
LCCN
2015376189
OCLC
877363944
Author
Jenkins, Brian, 1939- author.
Title
Lord Lyons : a diplomat in an age of nationalism and war / Brian Jenkins.
Publisher
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-525) and index.
Additional Formats
Issued also in electronic format.
Chronological Term
1800-1901
Other Form:
Jenkins, Brian, 1939-, author. Lord Lyons. (CaOONL)20149023871
Research Call Number
JFE 16-7431
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