Warren Hastings (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Alfred C. Lyall

Overview

First published in 1889, Alfred Lyall’s biography of the first Governor-General of India concentrates on Hastings’ time in India from his first arrival in 1750 through his famous impeachment trial for maladministration and corruption. The trial, spearheaded by Edmund Burke and Hastings’ notorious enemy Sir Philip Francis, dragged on from 1787 until his final acquittal in 1795.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411458413
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	02/28/2012
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	254
Sales rank:	721,974
File size:	604 KB

About the Author

Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911) was an English poet, historian, and civil servant.  While serving in India, he dealt with the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and later served as the Foreign Secretary to Government of India. Among his notable books are The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in India (1893), Verses Written in India (1889), and Tennyson (English Men of Letters series; 1902).