The Duel

Informationen zum Autor Giles Hunt's previous publications include Mehitabel Canning: A Redoubtable Woman! based on the letters of the woman who was George Canning's guardian from the age of six! and Launcelot Fleming: A Portrait. The fateful duel of 1809 between Lord Castlereagh and George Canning is a puzzle of 19th-century British politics. This study offers history of the duel, examines the careers of these two men, and the political conflicts that brought them to fire shots at each other on Putney Heath. Zusammenfassung The fateful duel of 1809 between Lord Castlereagh and George Canning is a puzzle of 19th-century British politics. This study offers history of the duel, examines the careers of these two men, and the political conflicts that brought them to fire shots at each other on Putney Heath.

Vorwort
The fateful duel of 1809 between Lord Castlereagh and George Canning is a puzzle of 19th-century British politics. This study offers history of the duel, examines the careers of these two men, and the political conflicts that brought them to fire shots at each other on Putney Heath.

Autorentext
Giles Hunt's previous publications include Mehitabel Canning: A Redoubtable Woman, based on the letters of the woman who was George Canning's guardian from the age of six, and Launcelot Fleming: A Portrait.

Klappentext
This detailed history of the famous duel is the first to examine fully the careers of these two great men and the political conflicts that brought them to fire shots at each other on Putney Heath. Drawing on previously overlooked private papers, Giles Hunt traces what happened on that eventful day and its consequences for British politics. Castlereagh is traditionally depicted as an old-fashioned Tory reactionary, Canning as a brilliant but ambitious liberal. The Duel analyses how much truth there is in these descriptions and examines the roots of the political and personal rivalry which led these two men to face each other with pistols early in the morning of 21st September 1809 in one of the strangest and most significant duels of history.