LEADER 02606oam 2200457 450 001 9910437626803321 005 20210624115600.0 010 $a3-030-51648-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-51648-2 035 $a(CKB)5590000000433591 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-51648-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6463391 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000433591 100 $a20210624d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe travels of Robert Lyall, 1789-1831 $eScottish surgeon, naturalist and British agent to the Court of Madagascar /$fGwyn Campbell 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (XIX, 415 p. 49 illus., 33 illus. in color.) 311 $a3-030-51647-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. From Scotland to Russia -- 2. Liberty and Reform -- 3. The Madagascar Mission -- 4. Expatriate Intrigue -- 5. Science and Sorcery -- 6. Servants and Slaves -- 7. Aftermath. 330 $aThis book explores the life of Robert Lyall, surgeon, botanist, voyager, British Agent to the court of Madagascar. Born the year of the French Revolution, Lyall grew up in politically radical Paisley, Scotland, before studying medicine, in Edinburgh, Manchester, and subsequently St. Petersburg, Russia. His criticism of the Tsar and Russian aristocracy led to an abrupt departure for London where Lyall became the voice of liberalism and calls for political reform, before appointed British Resident Agent in Madagascar in 1827, representing the interests of the Tory establishment that he had hitherto so roundly castigated. However, Lyall discovered that the Malagasy crown had turned against the British alliance of 1820, his scientific pursuits alienated the local elite, and his efforts to re-establish British influence antagonized the queen, Ranavalona I, who accused Lyall of sorcery and forced him and his burgeoning family to leave for Mauritius where he died an untimely death, of malaria, in 1831. 606 $aImperialism and Colonialism 606 $aAfrican History 615 0$aImperialism and Colonialism. 615 0$aAfrican History. 676 $a941.07092 700 $aCampbell$b Gwyn$f1952-$0290154 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910437626803321 996 $aThe travels of Robert Lyall, 1789-1831$92124647 997 $aUNINA