Political and Military Episodes in the Latter Half of the Eighteenth Century Derived from the Life and Correspondence of the Right Hon. John Burgoyne, General, Statesman, Dramatist

2006 Scholar's Bookshelf reprint edition. First published in 1876 with the cooperation of Burgoyne's daughters, this work was a complete biographical account of the British General remembered for his defeat at Saratoga, and presented a sympathetic portrait of his misfortunes in North America as well as an account of his ""persecution"" by various individuals and public opinion in 1778-1779, and his declining years, 1780-1792, during which he produced a respectable series of dramas, was appointed Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, but lived to see financial and personal distress, finishing in an unmarked grave. Reprint edition with the original documentary appendixes 2 foldout maps on CD, 2 illustrations, and foldout facsimile of a letter from George Washington.De Fonblanque, Edward Barrington is the author of 'Political and Military Episodes in the Latter Half of the Eighteenth Century Derived from the Life and Correspondence of the Right Hon. John Burgoyne, General, Statesman, Dramatist ', published 2006 under ISBN 9781601050731 and ISBN 1601050739.