Groundbreaking in its approach, this is the definitive biography of William Pitt the Eldera brilliant, yet tragic, British statesmanWeaving together military history and political biography, Edward Pearce provides a portrait ofBritain's leaderduringthe Seven Years' War. Alongside detailed descriptions of battles in Europe and North America, we follow Pitt's career as a politicianone that was closely intertwined with General James Wolfe at Quebec; American independence; and, the slow mind of George III and the quick one of the rake and outsider John Wilkes. Posterity has invested Pitt with a...