A personal account of the life of a prominent British diplomat and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Hugh Elliot played a key role in British diplomacy during the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, and this memoir provides valuable insights into his personal life, his philosophy, and his political beliefs.

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