Addington, Henry
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A-Z of Barbados Heritage (Macmillan Caribbean a-Z Series)
Sean Carrington , Henry Fraser , John Gilmore , and Addington Forde
Manufacturer: MacMillan Caribbean
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0333920686 |
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This second edition of the A-Z of Barbados is fully revised and updated by the original four authors-each a recognized authority in his own field. Every aspect of Barbadian history, geography, culture and society is covered: from flying fish to Gary Sobers; from chattel houses to rum shops and from the Landship to the six native types of lizard. The sources of local legends and folklore share the page with the story of rum and the origins of the name Bimshire, while the biographies of the great and the good jostle with the humorous stories of more colourful characters. Each author has brought an impressive breadth of scholarship combined with a lively, highly readable and often amusing style.
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No modern British Prime Minister has been so thoroughly misunderstood or simply dismissed as Henry Addington. Fedorak demonstrates that, contrary to the views of his opponents and many historians, Addington was an astute and effective Prime Minister. His fall after three years in office was the result of a complex train of circumstances in which questions of personality, both within and outside the government, played a major part.
Addington, who had no ambition for higher office, agreed to become Prime Minister only because his predecessor, William Pitt the Younger, and King George III insisted. He immediately faced the serious and difficult challenge of leading a relatively inexperienced Cabinet to deal with a series of military, diplomatic, economic and social crises caused by war and famine. Fedorak demonstrates that Addington dealt with these crises as successfully as the circumstances would allow and left a lasting mark on British politics. He negotiated peace with Russia, Denmark, Sweden and France. He repaired the government finances, delivered the first modern budget speech, and ameliorated social unrest. After boldly declaring war on France in 1803, he doubled the productivity of the Income Tax, and raised more than 600,000 men at arms to fight the French.
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Bartholomew Fair insurrection: And the pie-blad poney plot!
William Hone
Manufacturer: Printed by and for William Hone
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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ASIN: B000895UXA |
British Prime Ministers:
- Asquith, Herbert Henry
- Baldwin, Stanley
- Blair, Tony
- Bonar Law, Andrew
- Callaghan, James
- Campbell Bannerman, Sir Henry
- Canning, George
- Cavendish Bentinck, William Henry
- Cavendish, William
- Churchill, Winston
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