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TheBritishambassadorinWashingtonduringtheUSCivilWarandambassadorinParisbeforeandaftertheFranco-PrussianwarLordLyons18171887wasoneofthemostimportantdiplomatsoftheVictorianperiod.AlthoughfrequentlyfeaturedinhistoriesoftheUnitedStatesandEuropeinthesecondhalfofthenineteenthcenturyandindiscussionsandanalysesofBritishforeignpolicyhehasremainedanill-denedgure.InLordLyonsADiplomatinanAgeofNationalismandWarBrianJenkinsexplainsthemanandexamineshiscareer.Basedonastaggeringstudyofprimarysourceshepresentsaconvincingportraitofasubjectwhorarelyrevealedhimselfpersonally.ThoughheavoidedpublicityLyonscametoberegardedashisnationspremierdiplomatashiscareertookhimtotheheartofthegreatinternationalissuesandcrisesofhisgeneration.AsministertotheUnitedStatesheplayedavitalroleinpreservingAnglo-AmericanpeaceandwasapowerfulvoiceopposingAnglo-FrenchinterventionintheCivilWar.WhileambassadortotheOttomanEmpirehehelpedtopreventFrenchcontroloftheSuezCanalthenunderconstruction.InFrancehemaintainedanamiableandconstructiverelationshipwithabitternationstrugglingtoreorganizeitselfanditsconstitutionaftertheFranco-PrussianWar.FormanyhistoriansLordLyonshasbeendifculttoignorebuthardtoadmire.InrescuinghimasatrulyimportanthistoricalgureJenkinsdetailsforthersttimethepersonalandpublicstrategiesLyonsemployedthroughdecadesofexemplarydiplomaticserviceonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.BrianJenkinsisemeritusprofessorofhistoryatBishopsUniversityandtheauthorofnumerousbooksincludingTheFenianProblemInsurgencyandTerrorisminaLiberalState18581874.ToBuildaShadowyIsleofBlisscastsnewlightonthepoliticalradicalismandsocialthoughtofnineteenth-centuryartistauthorandrevolutionaryWilliamMorris.StandingonthecuspofanewwaveofscholarshipthisbookpresentsanexcitingconvergenceofviewsamonginternationallyrenownedscholarsintheeldofVictorianStudies.BalancingvarietyandunitythiscollectionreappraisesMorrissconceptofsocialchangeandaskshowwemightthinkbeyondtheinstitutionsandepistemologiesofourtime.ThoughthepoliticalsignicanceofMorrisscreativeworkisoftenunderestimatedtheessaysinthisvolumeshowcaseitssubtletyandsophistication.EachchapterdiscernsthepowerandnoveltyofMorrissradicalismwithinhisaestheticcreationsanddemonstrateshowhismostcompellingpoliticalideasbloomedwhereverhisdexteroushandhadbeenatworkinwallpapersoralbordersmedievalistromancesandverse.Morrisstheoryandpracticeofaestheticcreationcanbeseenasthecrucibleofhisentirephilosophyofsocialchange.InsituatingMorrissradicalismattheheartofhiscreativelegacyandinreanimatingdebatesaboutnineteenth-centuryartandpoliticsToBuildaShadowyIsleofBlisschallengesandexpandsreceivednotionsoftheradicaltheaestheticandthepolitical.MichelleWeinrothteachesintheDepartmentofEnglishLiteratureattheUniversityofOttawa.PaulLeducBrowneisprofessorofpoliticalscienceattheUniversitduQubecenOutaouais.39MQUPFALL2014SPECIFICATIONSSeptember2014978-0-7735-4409-349.95TCDN49.95TUS33.00cloth6x9496ppe-bookavailableSPECIFICATIONSJanuary2015978-0-7735-4461-139.95ACDN39.95AUS25.99paper978-0-7735-4460-4125.00SCDN125.00SUS81.00cloth6.25x9.25480ppColoursection25bwphotose-bookavailableLordLyonsADiplomatinanAgeofNationalismandWarbrianjenkinsAbiographyofamanforallinternationalcrises.LITERARYCRITICISMCULTURALSTUDIESBIOGRAPHYBRITISHHISTORYToBuildaShadowyIsleofBlissWilliamMorrissRadicalismandtheEmbodimentofDreamseditedbymichelleweinrothandpaulleducbrowneApowerfulreappraisalofradicalisminthelifeandworkofWilliamMorris.