Bombast And Broadsides

Presents the first coherent picture of George Johnstone, a controversial naval commander and governor of West Florida George Johnstone has never received the scholarly attention he fully merits. Historians have assessed him, usually briefly, as governor of West Florida, or as naval commander, or as a member of parliament. Nevertheless, none has considered his important role in East India Company politics, nor, until Bombast and Broadsides , has one synthesized the various roles in which Johnston