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4 giorni fa · Oggi parleremo di uno dei primi ministri britannici più famosi: William Pitt il Giovane. Mark Aldanov nel romanzo “9 Thermidor” per conto dell'ambasciatore russo S. M. Vorontsov ne dà una descrizione davvero brillante:
22 mag 2024 · Behind the chaise Pitt the elder and Lord Camden reach out as if to protest, while in the foreground a minister offers a bag of money to a crowd of men and women. In the background America is depicted as a city in flames while a demon flies above carrying a sack labelled "National Credit."
24 mag 2024 · William Pitt, the Younger was a British prime minister (1783–1801, 1804–06) during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He had considerable influence in strengthening the office of the prime minister. William Pitt was the second son of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham, a famous statesman.
16 mag 2024 · The elder brother of Pitt the Younger, he has long been consigned to history as 'the late Lord Chatham', the lazy commander-in-chief of the 1809 Walcheren expedition, whose inactivity and incompetence turned what should have been an easy victory into a disaster.
9 mag 2024 · William Pitt, the Elder (born November 15, 1708, London—died May 11, 1778, Hayes, Kent, England) was a British statesman, twice virtual prime minister (1756–61, 1766–68), who secured the transformation of his country into an imperial power.
3 giorni fa · Pitt's neglect to build up a true party can be related to his health and morale as much as to his political views. When Pitt died the Ministry was in a weak state, facing an assertive albeit far from united, parliamentary opposition and with its foreign policy in ruins after Austerlitz.
3 giorni fa · The latter, commonly known as Chatham House, became an important forum for international debate, conducted according to strict non-attribution rules, at its elegant St James’s Square address, a gift from wealthy Canadian RW Leonard.
