Cavour by H Hearder

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Cavour by H Hearder

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Part of Profiles In Power series

Summary

A study of the life, career, beliefs and motives of Cavour, first prime minister of Italy. This was a position which he created, as it did not exist when his career began. Topics covered include the argument that Cavour was more interested in increasing Piedmont's power than in Italian unification.

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Cavour by H Hearder

Cavour was perhaps the key figure in the process of Italian unification. As prime minister of Piedmont, still reeling from military humiliation by Austria, he turned his backward and insignificant home state into the nucleus of the new Italy by his astute manipulation of the European great powers, becoming the united country's first prime minister in the year of his death, 1861. Harry Hearder's incisive study, setting Cavour and the Risorgimento in the full context of international European power-politics, reveals a ruthless, egocentric and far from balanced man - but a politician of genius.

'lively and informative study of the life of Cavour'

History

'A lively analysis xxx; The chapters on Cavourian diplomacy are succinct; especially well informed in one analysing Cavour's fate over the years at the hands of historians'

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Hearder, Harry: - The late Harry Hearder, who died in 1996, was a Professor at the University of Wales. His many publications on European and Italian history include Europe in the Nineteenth Century, 2nd edition (1988) and Italy in the Age of the Risorgimento (1983).
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ISBN 13 9780582019034
ISBN 10 0582019036
Title Cavour
Author H Hearder
Series Profiles In Power
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1994-08-15
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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