Between 1830 and 1848 Britain and France tried, for the first time, to act as friends. Working from the diplomatic correspondence in London and Paris, Hall follows Palmerston, Guizot and the Citizen King through the creation of Belgium, the Egyptian crisis of 1840 over Mehemet Ali, the quarrel of the Spanish marriages and the revolution that swept Louis Philippe away.
A clear diplomatic history for anyone curious about the long, uneasy roots of the Anglo-French alliance. Download the free EPUB.