Bombast and broadsides
Subtitle: the lives of George Johnstone
By: Robin F.A. Fabel.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Johnstone, George, 1730-1787.; Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Biography.; Legislators -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Governors -- West Florida -- Biography.; Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727-1760.
Other titles: Bombast & broadsides.
Description: "Through research in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Kew, London, Philadelphia, and Washington in largely unpublished manuscripts, together with the use of secondary sources, the author has been able to present the first coherent picture of Johnstone, a vigorous and intelligent but turbulent and always controversial figure. Johnstone was effective as a colonial governor at a difficult time; in the navy he performed several coups de main; in parliament he was formidable in debate but an opportunist; and at East India House he was a doughty, conservative, and largely successful defender of the proprietary interest."--Publisher.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [221]-233.
Spine title: Bombast & broadsides.
Includes index.