The Accidental Viceroy

The Accidental Viceroy
Author :
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 141
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781498598538
ISBN-13 : 1498598536
Rating : 4/5 (536 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Accidental Viceroy by : Edwin Hirschmann

Download or read book The Accidental Viceroy written by Edwin Hirschmann and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Age of Imperialism reached its peak in the late nineteenth century. The British Empire was the foremost colonial power, and the keystone was India. However, even at its peak, the British Raj was beset by internal rivalries and fears of external threats. In 1875, British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli chose as viceroy Lord Robert Bulwer-Lytton, diplomat and poet, the son of an old friend, but someone with no Indian experience. Lytton accepted reluctantly—and never enjoyed it. He was under the thumb of the Secretary of State for India, the shrewd and ambitious Third Marquess of Salisbury, during most of his four years in India. During his viceroyalty, Lytton had to deal with shifting British policies, a major famine, the freedom-loving people of Afghanistan, an entrenched civil service, and a rising generation of patriotic Indians. In the 1880 elections, Disraeli’s Conservatives were defeated by Gladstone’s Liberals, and Lytton resigned.


The Accidental Viceroy Related Books

The Accidental Viceroy
Language: en
Pages: 141
Authors: Edwin Hirschmann
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-11 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

GET EBOOK

The Age of Imperialism reached its peak in the late nineteenth century. The British Empire was the foremost colonial power, and the keystone was India. However,
The Colonial World
Language: en
Pages: 553
Authors: Robert Aldrich
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-12-29 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

GET EBOOK

The Colonial World: A History of European Empires, 1780s to the Present provides the most authoritative, in-depth overview on European imperialism available. It
Shipwreck
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: Dave Horner
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-01 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

GET EBOOK

Based on the exceptional and fascinating eyewitness account of a seventeenth-century Spanish padre, Dave Horner's Shipwreck is the absorbing and true story of t
The Voyages of Captain Cook
Language: en
Pages: 494
Authors: James Cook
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Wordsworth Editions

GET EBOOK

Cook's three voyages of discovery, which took place between 1768 and 1779, are among the most remarkable achievements in the history of exploration. Cook charte
Allen's Indian mail and register of intelligence for British and foreign India
Language: en
Pages: 640
Authors:
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1869 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK