| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvi, 348 pages). |
| Series |
Liverpool historical studies ; no. 18
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Liverpool historical studies ; no. 18.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Persons Mentioned Frequently in the Diary; Diary; Index. |
| Summary |
The diary of the 17th Earl of Derby, once thought to have been lost, provides a detailed and important account of the last months of the First World War as seen through the eyes of the British Ambassador in Paris. Derby was in many ways an unlikely choice as ambassador. He was not a diplomat and could not, on his arrival, speak French. His appointment owed much to Lloyd George's determination to remove him from his previous post as Secretary of State for War. But, after a somewhat uncertain start, he proved to be a very successful ambassador upon whom successive Foreign Secretaries, Arthur Bal. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Derby, Edward George Villiers Stanley, Earl of, 1865-1948 -- Diaries.
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Derby, Edward George Villiers Stanley, 1865-1948 Earl of -- Diaries. |
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Derby, Edward George Villiers Stanley, Earl of, 1865-1948. |
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World War (1914-1918) |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British.
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Ambassadors -- Great Britain -- Diaries.
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France -- Politics and government -- 1914-1940.
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France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France.
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| Chronological Term |
1914 - 1940 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Diaries.
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Personal narratives -- British.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Dutton, David, 1947-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Derby, Edward George Villiers Stanley, Earl of, 1865-1948. Paris 1918. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2001 0853235171 9780853235170 (DLC) 2002421154 (OCoLC)49942691 |
| ISBN |
9781846313707 (electronic bk.) |
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1846313708 (electronic bk.) |
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9780853235170 |
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0853235171 |
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9780853236573 |
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0853236577 |
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