LEADER 04328nam 2200673 450 001 9910791144703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7735-9636-4 010 $a0-7735-9635-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773596351 035 $a(CKB)2550000001341801 035 $a(EBL)3332805 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001455502 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11838237 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001455502 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11392974 035 $a(PQKB)10827479 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332805 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10907164 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL634388 035 $a(OCoLC)877363888 035 $a(DE-B1597)654590 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773596351 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/0d3t59 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332805 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001341801 100 $a20140820h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLord Lyons $ea diplomat in an age of nationalism and war /$fBrian Jenkins ; typeset by James Leahy 210 1$aMontre?al, Que?bec :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (556 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7735-4409-7 311 $a1-322-03137-1 327 $a""Cover""; ""LORD LYONS""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Illustrations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Beginnings""; ""2 Rome""; ""3 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary""; ""4 The United States""; ""5 The Disunited States""; ""6 The American Civil War""; ""7 Crisis""; ""8 Intervention?""; ""9 Marking Time""; ""10 Ambassador to the Sublime Porte""; ""11 To the Diplomatic Summit""; ""12 Ambassador to a Liberalizing Empire""; ""13 The Fall of the Second Empire""; ""14 Monarchy or Republic?""; ""15 The Third Republic""; ""16 Endings""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" 330 $aThe British ambassador in Washington during the US Civil War and ambassador in Paris before and after the Franco-Prussian war, Lord Lyons (1817-1887) was one of the most important diplomats of the Victorian period. Although frequently featured in histories of the United States and Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century, and in discussions and analyses of British foreign policy, he has remained an ill-defined figure. In Lord Lyons: A Diplomat in an Age of Nationalism and War, Brian Jenkins explains the man and examines his career. Based on a staggering study of primary sources, he presents a convincing portrait of a subject who rarely revealed himself personally. Though he avoided publicity, Lyons came to be regarded as his nation's premier diplomat as his career took him to the heart of the great international issues and crises of his generation. As minister to the United States he played a vital role in preserving Anglo-American peace and was a powerful voice opposing Anglo-French intervention in the Civil War. While ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, he helped to prevent French control of the Suez Canal then under construction. In France, he maintained an amiable and constructive relationship with a bitter nation struggling to reorganize itself and its constitution after the Franco-Prussian War. For many historians Lord Lyons has been difficult to ignore but hard to admire. In rescuing him as a truly important historical figure, Jenkins details for the first time the personal and public strategies Lyons employed through decades of exemplary diplomatic service on both sides of the Atlantic. -- Provided by publisher. 606 $aDiplomats$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aDiplomatic and consular service, British$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aFranco-Prussian War, 1870-1871$xDiplomatic history 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$y1837-1901 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1861-1865 615 0$aDiplomats 615 0$aDiplomatic and consular service, British$xHistory 615 0$aFranco-Prussian War, 1870-1871$xDiplomatic history. 676 $a942.052092 700 $aJenkins$b Brian$0250939 702 $aLeahy$b James 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791144703321 996 $aLord Lyons$93774775 997 $aUNINA