Political And Military Episodes in the Latter Half of the Eighteenth Century De

First published in 1876, with the cooperation of Burgoyne's daughters, this work was a complete biographical account of the British General remembered for his defeat at Saratoga, and presented a sympathetic portrait of his misfortunes in North America as well as an account of his "persecution" by various individuals and public opinion in 1778-1779, and his declining years, 1780-1792, during which he produced a respectable series of dramas, was appointed Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, but lived t