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Don Pacifico: The Acceptable Face of Gunboat Diplomacy
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Don Pacifico: The Acceptable Face of Gunboat Diplomacy

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The house of Don Pacifico, President of the Jewish community in Athens, was looted by a mob in April 1847. The riot was government-inspired and the courts were crooked. There was little chance of getting the large compensation Pacifico claimed - until Palmerston, the British Foreign Secretary, became involved in a totally justifiable piece of gunboat diplomacy. The author has unearthed a mass of information which finally shows Pacifico to be a victim of prejudice rather than a conman, and has shed new light on a fascinating episode of nineteenth-century European history.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
30 September 2007
Pages
288
ISBN
9780853037620

The house of Don Pacifico, President of the Jewish community in Athens, was looted by a mob in April 1847. The riot was government-inspired and the courts were crooked. There was little chance of getting the large compensation Pacifico claimed - until Palmerston, the British Foreign Secretary, became involved in a totally justifiable piece of gunboat diplomacy. The author has unearthed a mass of information which finally shows Pacifico to be a victim of prejudice rather than a conman, and has shed new light on a fascinating episode of nineteenth-century European history.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
30 September 2007
Pages
288
ISBN
9780853037620