Pitt (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): Some Chapters of His Life and Times

The career of British prime ministerWilliam Pitt (1759-1806) encompassed the American and French Revolutions, the rise of Napoleon, and the reign of George III. Drawing on previously unpublished letters, this 1898 biography puts the life in the context of the times and, appropriately for the author, focuses on the Irish aspects of Pitt’s public life. Gibson even divulges the one love story of Pitt’s life.