''The Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham'' is a two-volume biography of the British eighteenth-century statesman
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, (15 November 170811 May 1778) was a British statesman of the Whig group who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. Historians call him Chatham or William Pitt the Elder to distinguish ...
. Written by the historian
Basil Williams it was originally published in 1913. It has remained a standard work on Pitt, particularly his conduct of strategy during
Britain's victory during the Seven Years War.
[Middleton p.226]
References
Bibliography
* Middleton, Richard. ''The Bells of Victory: The Pitt-Newcastle Ministry and Conduct of the Seven Years' War 1757-1762''. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
1913 non-fiction books
Books about military history
British non-fiction literature
British biographies
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