William Pitt the Younger: A Biography. William Hague

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      WILLIAM PITT

      THE YOUNGER

      WILLIAM HAGUE

DEDICATION

      For my mother and father,

      who have passed on to me

      their reverence for books

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

Dedication

Family Tree

Map: French Satellites and French Conquests, 1792–1805

Prologue

PART ONE

1 Elder and Younger

2 Cambridge and the World

3 Ambition on Schedule

4 Brilliant Beginnings

5 Death of Two Governments

6 The Youngest Chancellor

7 Brief Exuberance

8 From Plotter to Prime Minister

9 The Struggle for Supremacy

       PART TWO

       10 Power and its Limits

       11 Private by Nature

       12 Spreading His Wings

       13 Insanity and Crisis

       14 Trials of Strength

       15 The Cautious Crusader

       16 The View from the Precipice

       PART THREE

       17 A Tutorial in War

       18 Frustrations of Supremacy

       19 Insurmountable Obstacles

       20 Breaking Point

       21 Caution to the Winds

       22 The Dashing of Hope

       23 Resignation with Hesitation

       PART FOUR

       24 The Limits of Magnanimity

       25 The Old Addiction

       26 Back, But Never the Same

       27 Too Many Enemies

       28 ‘How I Leave My Country’

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       Praise

       Other Works

       P.S. Ideas, interviews & features …

       About the Author

       About the Book

       Read On

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

FAMILY TREE

MAP: FRENCH SATELLITES AND FRENCH CONQUESTS, 1792–1805