2013 William Pitt and National Revival, by J. Holland Rose (read 29 June 1986) This is the first of a two-volume biography, published in 1911, of William Pitt, a son of Lord Chatham born 28 May 1759. This book is written in magisterial and opinionated style, and covers in great detail the years from 1781 through 1791, during the latter part of which time Pitt served as Prime Minister. It spends a great deal of time on events not now often talked about, and I thought it well worth reading. The author is English, and his view of the American Revolution is interesting reading: he deprecates the English Ministry, as, of course, his hero was not responsible for their acts. ( )