This is a study of the Foreign Office in one of the most crucial periods of its development. I
have sought to show how and why the Foreign Office, in the years before 1914, assumed an …

Throughout the twentieth century and long before, hundreds of determined British women
defied the social conventions of their day in order to seek adventure and influence on the …

Based on an extensive range of sources, this impressive book analyses the principal
institutions and features of British politics on the eve of reform: the monarchy, the prime …

The twentieth century has been fundamentally shaped by changes in Russia, where disaster
in the First World War was followed by the fall of the Tsar. Nicholas II's replacement first by …

The Foreign Office and Foreign Policy, 1919-1926 tells of the administrative changes of the
post-war period and of the senior permanent officials, their personalities and cast of mind …

Pax Britannica? is a study of Britain's international role and foreign policy during the century
of her imperial greatness. The study shows how her foreign policy was affected, and to some …

The nature of international diplomacy and Britain's world role changed immeasurably after
the end of the First World War, and this book shows how the various men who headed the …

The final weeks of World War I saw a revolutionary upheaval in Europe, as old empires
collapsed and new, self-proclaimed'nation-states' emerged in their place. For its advocates …

A portrait of Jane Austen's England told through the career paths of younger sons--men of
good family but small fortune​ In Regency England the eldest son usually inherited almost …

In producing a book out of a Ph. D thesis, one inevitably accumulates a long list of debts. I
thank, first, those who have kindly permitted me to use primary material: the Trustees of the …