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Don Pacifico
Don Pacifico

Don Pacifico

The Acceptable Face of Gunboat Diplomacy

HISTORY

284 Pages, 6.25 x 9

Formats: Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $30.00 (CA $40.75) (US $30.00)

Publication Date: February 2008

ISBN 9780853037637

Rights: US, CA, AU & ZA

Vallentine Mitchell (Feb 2008)

Price: $30.00
 
 

Overview

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 19th-century European history.