As a woman Princess Dorothea Lieven, wife to the Russian ambassador in London from 1812 to 1834, was debarred from having any formal power in the world of international diplomacy. But as mistress of, among others, Metternich, Lord Grey, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Palmerston and a favourite of George IV, she mixed sex with politics, using her relationships with the great men of Europe to further Russia's aims. THE PRINCESS AND THE POLITICIANS is both a riveting political history of Europe in the wake of the Napoleonic wars, and a portrait of a spirited, fascinating woman who sought to influence the destiny of nations by playing the men at their own game.

The Princess and the Politicians: Sex, Intrigue and Diplomacy, 1812-40

History

CHARMLEY, JOHN

Europe

Penguin Books, Ltd.

A revisionist historian takes on the legend of Churchill, arguing that while the prime minister did indeed save England, his mistakes cost his country, and the world, dearly. By the author of Duff Cooper. National ad/promo. Tour.

Churchill: The End of Glory. A Political Biography.

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Publisher

Churchill's Grand Alliance: The Anglo-American Special Relationship 1940-57

Charmley turns to the Anglo-American "special relationship" that was the cornerstone of Churchill's foreign policy, ruthlessly stripping away the myth to reveal the unsentimental reality of the Churchill years and beyond, from 1940 to 1957. With vivid assessments of Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Churchill, and Eden, John Charmley brilliantly continues his thought-provoking - and sometimes infuriating - ways.

Harcourt

Examines the legend of Churchill, arguing that while the prime minister saved England, his mistakes cost his country, and the world, dearly

Churchill: The End of Glory : A Political Biography (HARVEST/H B J BOOK)

Harcourt on Demand

The New York Times Book Review called John Charmley's previous book on Winston Churchill "entertaining, informative, and infuriating." With equally impressive scholarship, eloquence, and wit, Charmley now turns to the Anglo-American "special relationship" that was the cornerstone of Churchill's foreign policy, ruthlessly stripping away the myth to reveal the unsentimental reality of the Churchill years and beyond, from 1940 to 1957. Churchill carried on the war because of his misguided faith that U.S. help could be enlisted to save the British Empire, contends Charmley. President Roosevelt, however, sought an end to imperialism and thus entered the war only belatedly, ensuring that Britian would end the war weak and dependent on America. And Britian did indeed become a U.S. "pensioner"-a reality dramatically confirmed in 1956, when American pressure led to the removal of Prime Minister Anthony Eden. With vivid assessments of Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Churchill, and Eden, John Charmley brilliantly continues his though-provoking-and sometimes infuriating-ways.

Historical

Mariner Books

Lord Lloyd and the Decline of the British Empire

Littlehampton Book Services Lt

Charmley, John, Lord Lloyd And The Decline Of The British Empire

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

A controversial book, describing the role of the Conservative party and attempting to account for its success. With their fundamental distrust of change, how is it that the Conservatives have so successfully coped with it? John Charmley has written an entertaining but fair account of one of the principal forces in modern British history from the age of Lord Salisbury to that of John Major. It is illuminated throughout by a concentration upon the men (and the woman) who charted the party through a century of warfare and welfare.

A History of Conservative Politics, 1900-1996

Duff Cooper: The Authorized Biography

Community & Culture

Pan/Macmillan

With their fundamental distrust of change, how is it that the Conservatives have managed to cope with change relatively successfully? John Charmley has written an entertaining but fair account of one of the principal forces in modern British political history, illuminated throughout by a concentration upon the men, and the woman, who charted the party through a century of warfare and welfare. The second edition of this successful text is thoroughly updated to take into account the latest scholarship, and now has an earlier starting date to make sense of the importance of the Home Rule issue in defining late nineteenth-century Toryism. Charmley takes the story through the recent "wilderness years" following the 1997 election fiasco.

A History of Conservative Politics Since 1830 (British Studies Series)

Palgrave

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Books by CHARMLEY, JOHN

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The Princess and the Politicians: Sex, Intrigue and Diplomacy, 1812-40

Churchill: The End of Glory. A Political Biography.

Churchill's Grand Alliance: The Anglo-American Special Relationship 1940-57

Churchill: The End of Glory : A Political Biography (HARVEST/H B J BOOK)

Churchill's Grand Alliance: The Anglo-American Special Relationship 1940-57

Lord Lloyd and the Decline of the British Empire

Lord Lloyd and the Decline of the British Empire

A History of Conservative Politics, 1900-1996

Duff Cooper: The Authorized Biography

A History of Conservative Politics Since 1830 (British Studies Series)