British Politics and Foreign Policy, 1727-44 - 9781472414250

Taylor & Francis

Following on from Jeremy Black\u2019s previous studies on eighteenth-century foreign policy, Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of George I and The Collapse of the Anglo-French Alliance, this new book covers the period from the end of the Anglo-French alliance in 1731 to the declaration of war in 1744. The book draws upon a range of foreign and domestic sources, making particular use of foreign diplomatic records, in order to illuminate the complex and often opaque workings of the British state at a turbulent period of European history. > Covering the period from the end of the Anglo-French alliance in 1731 to the declaration of war between the two powers in 1744, this book charts a turbulent period in British politics that witnessed the last decade of the Walpole ministry, the attempt to replace it by a Patriot government, and the return of the Old Corps Whigs to a process of dominance. In particular it reveals how ministerial change and political fortunes were closely linked.