Name: Pitt's 'gallant Conqueror' (en Inglés)
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Author: James Dreaper
ISBN: 9781845111779

portada Pitt's 'gallant Conqueror' (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

I.B. Tauris

Autor

James Dreaper

Año

2006

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

258

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN

184511177x

ISBN13

9781845111779

Categorías

Biografías de personas históricas, políticos y soldados

Pitt's 'gallant Conqueror' (en Inglés)

James Dreaper (Autor) · I.B. Tauris · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "Pitt's 'gallant Conqueror' (en Inglés)"

The capture of Manila from the Spanish in October 1762 was an impressive victory, masterminded by a truly extraordinary leader. It was a battle that took British forces to the edge of the known world and caused William Pitt the Elder to refer to the General that commanded it, William Draper, as 'Manila's gallant conqueror'. "Pitt's Gallant Conqueror" tells the story of a brilliant general who also became a figure of controversy after becoming the victim of the political satirist 'Junius'. His greatest triumph - gaining a toehold in Manila and thus the Philippines - was marred as he fought long and hard for his 'just rewards' from the Manila ransom agreement and attracted savage satire. From his early years as a Guards officer in London, Draper had become a familiar figure in the social life of the capital where like so many of his peers he was in chronic financial straits from his gambling habits. A popular figure, he became a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge as well as a writer, sportsman, friend of poets and family man. His network of friends resulted in an incidental and lasting legacy from his involvement with drafting the laws of cricket. Using previously unpublished sources, James Dreaper has produced a groundbreaking new assessment of this unusual military figure, and a fascinating portrait of the times in which he served. "Pitt's Gallant Conqueror" illuminates the turbulent years of the mid eighteenth-century when there was still opportunity for military entrepreneurs to stamp their own mark on events.