William Pitt the Younger

1759–1806

William Pitt the Younger was British prime minister during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. His career was defined by financial reform, war leadership, union with Ireland and long rivalry with Charles James Fox.

Winston Graham’s Ross Poldark places William Pitt the Younger within a narrative shaped by social change and the pressures of ordinary life, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and political ambition and government. Winston Graham’s Demelza places William Pitt the Younger within a narrative shaped by social change and the pressures of ordinary life, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and political ambition and government. Other novels featuring William Pitt the Younger include Winston Graham’s Jeremy Poldark, Winston Graham’s Warleggan, Winston Graham’s The Black Moon, Winston Graham’s The Four Swans, and Winston Graham’s The Angry Tide.

Series

Series featuring William Pitt the Younger (1 series)

Poldark in Order

by Winston Graham 12 books 4.4

The Poldark novels follow Ross, Demelza and their family in Cornwall from the aftermath of the American Revolutionary War through the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and into the Regency aftermath. The series combines mining, gentry politics, coastal smuggling, marriage, family conflict and the pressure of war on…

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