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• catalog abstract ""George Nathaniel Curzon's controversial life in public service stretched from the high noon of his country's empire to the traumatized years following the First World War. As viceroy of India under Queen Victoria and foreign secretary under King George V, the obsessive and tempestuous Lord Curzon left his unmistakable mark on the era. David Gilmour's book - now with a new foreword by the author - is an assessment of Curzon's character and achievements, offering a dramatic account not only of a remarkable public career but also of a turbulent private life, with its infamous vendettas, many long friendships, and passionate, risky love affairs." "Born into the ruling class of what was then the world's greatest power, Curzon was a fervent believer in British imperialism who spent his life proving he was fit for the task. His prodigious energy made him the most traveled minister ever to sit in a British cabinet, a writer of immense volumes on Asia, and a compulsive restorer of ancient buildings in Britain and India. Often seen as arrogant and pompous, Curzon was loathed as much as he was adored, his work disparaged as much as it was admired. In Gilmour's lucid and highly original work, he emerges as a complex, contradictory figure, a man of great talents and glaring defects whose career was a blend of triumph and disappointment."--BOOK JACKET.".
• catalog contributor b12810598.
• catalog coverage "India Politics and government 1857-1919.".
• catalog created "2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
• catalog description ""George Nathaniel Curzon's controversial life in public service stretched from the high noon of his country's empire to the traumatized years following the First World War. As viceroy of India under Queen Victoria and foreign secretary under King George V, the obsessive and tempestuous Lord Curzon left his unmistakable mark on the era. David Gilmour's book - now with a new foreword by the author - is an assessment of Curzon's character and achievements, offering a dramatic account not only of a remarkable public career but also of a turbulent private life, with its infamous vendettas, many long friendships, and passionate, risky love affairs." "Born into the ruling class of what was then the world's greatest power, Curzon was a fervent believer in British imperialism who spent his life proving he was fit for the task. His prodigious energy made him the most traveled minister ever to sit in a British cabinet, a writer of immense volumes on Asia, and a compulsive restorer of ancient buildings in Britain and India. Often seen as arrogant and pompous, Curzon was loathed as much as he was adored, his work disparaged as much as it was admired. In Gilmour's lucid and highly original work, he emerges as a complex, contradictory figure, a man of great talents and glaring defects whose career was a blend of triumph and disappointment."--BOOK JACKET.".
• catalog description "Ancestral silence -- 'Passionate resolves' : Eton, 1872-1878 -- 'Laying the foundations' : Oxford, 1878-1883 -- Twin passions : 'women and work', 1882-1885 -- The journey to Westminster, 1885-1887 -- 'Travel with a purpose', 1887-1890 -- 'The coming man', 1890-1895 -- Hearts and souls -- Number two at the FO -- Sailing to Bombay -- The governance of India -- 'Let India be my judge' -- Partners and colleagues : the problem of the princes -- Guarding the frontiers -- The Viceroy's routine -- 1902 : Proconsular zenith -- Fatal appointments, 1902-1903 -- The Gulf, Bengal and Tibet -- 'An infinitude of trouble' : England, 1904 -- Kitchener's conspiracy -- The breaking of the Viceroy -- 'Every man's hand' -- Picking up the pieces -- The conversion of a diehard, 1909-1911 -- Suffragists and other targets, 1911-1914 -- Lord Curzon at home -- In search of a role, 1914-1915 -- Air board and war cabinet, 1916 -- The second Lady Curzon -- Eastern questions, 1917 -- Lord President -- The Foreign Office at last -- Middle Eastern scrambles, 1919-1922 -- Lloyd George and the Turks, 1919-1922 -- Resurgence : Lausanne, 1922-1923 -- Family sagas -- Ultimate disappointments, 1923-1925.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 651-662) and index.".
• catalog extent "xv, 684 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0374133565".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain".
• catalog spatial "India Politics and government 1857-1919.".
• catalog spatial "India".
• catalog subject "British India History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Cabinet officers Great Britain Biography.".
• catalog subject "Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess, 1859-1925.".
• catalog subject "DA565.C95 G55 2003".
• catalog subject "Statesmen Great Britain Biography.".
• catalog subject "Viceroys India Biography.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ancestral silence -- 'Passionate resolves' : Eton, 1872-1878 -- 'Laying the foundations' : Oxford, 1878-1883 -- Twin passions : 'women and work', 1882-1885 -- The journey to Westminster, 1885-1887 -- 'Travel with a purpose', 1887-1890 -- 'The coming man', 1890-1895 -- Hearts and souls -- Number two at the FO -- Sailing to Bombay -- The governance of India -- 'Let India be my judge' -- Partners and colleagues : the problem of the princes -- Guarding the frontiers -- The Viceroy's routine -- 1902 : Proconsular zenith -- Fatal appointments, 1902-1903 -- The Gulf, Bengal and Tibet -- 'An infinitude of trouble' : England, 1904 -- Kitchener's conspiracy -- The breaking of the Viceroy -- 'Every man's hand' -- Picking up the pieces -- The conversion of a diehard, 1909-1911 -- Suffragists and other targets, 1911-1914 -- Lord Curzon at home -- In search of a role, 1914-1915 -- Air board and war cabinet, 1916 -- The second Lady Curzon -- Eastern questions, 1917 -- Lord President -- The Foreign Office at last -- Middle Eastern scrambles, 1919-1922 -- Lloyd George and the Turks, 1919-1922 -- Resurgence : Lausanne, 1922-1923 -- Family sagas -- Ultimate disappointments, 1923-1925.".
• catalog title "Curzon : imperial statesman / David Gilmour.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".