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portada Lord Amherst and the British Advance Eastwards to Burma (Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2012
Language
English
Pages
228
Format
Paperback
ISBN
1108044727
ISBN13
9781108044721
Edition No.
1
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Lord Amherst and the British Advance Eastwards to Burma (Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History)

Anne Thackeray Ritchie; Richardson Evans (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Paperback

Lord Amherst and the British Advance Eastwards to Burma (Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History) - Anne Thackeray Ritchie; Richardson Evans

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Synopsis "Lord Amherst and the British Advance Eastwards to Burma (Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History)"

In 1823, after relatively undistinguished diplomatic missions to Sicily and China, Lord Amherst (1773–1857) was appointed Governor-general of Bengal, a compromise candidate following Canning's sudden withdrawal to become foreign secretary. Arriving in India, he found the country on the brink of war with Burma, which he was unable to prevent or quickly to resolve, resulting in an expensive and demoralising two-year campaign, and the death of his eldest son. This 1894 biography, written by Anne Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919), elder daughter of the novelist, and journalist Richardson Evans (1846–1923), was part of a series established by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1840–1900), a former Administrator in the subcontinent. Decidedly flattering in tone and glossing the War as 'a glorious enterprise of arms', this book, which quotes extensively from Lady Amherst's diary and other contemporary sources, is a fascinating example of the late-Victorian presentation of earlier colonial administration.

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