Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World Middleton Richard
Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World Middleton Richard The first biography of Charles Cornwallis in forty years--the soldier, governor, and statesman whose career covered…
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Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World Middleton Richard
The first biography of Charles Cornwallis in forty years--the soldier, governor, and statesman whose career covered America, India, Britain, and IrelandCharles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past.In this vivid new biography, Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate.
He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the