The Rebel and the Peacemaker: The Incredible True Story of Mary and Charles Bagot

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Geraldine Roberts

The Rebel and the Peacemaker

Name: The Rebel and the Peacemaker
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ISBN: 9781835986639

The Incredible True Story of Mary and Charles Bagot

Geraldine Roberts

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English

Hardie Grant Books
30 June 2026

History; History of the Americas; Social & cultural history; Historical geography; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Geopolitics

A relationship takes work, compromise and trust in one another. But in order to make it a special relationship, a little more diplomacy may be required…When it came to Charles and Mary Bagot, the gossips of Regency England had more than their fill. The marriage, initially the toast of high society, was one marked with scandal and adultery. And when rumours of a particularly salacious affair broke through London, the couple were banished to the New World.

Having sailed across the ocean, Charles and Mary settled into their new home among the mudflows of Washington. It was here that they would serve their penance as the first British Ambassadors to America, at a pivotal moment in the new nation's history.

But against the odds and in spite of their misfortune, the Bagots would emerge as the leading diplomats of their day. Their innate gift for politics, culture and social affairs was a tonic to the Anglo-American tensions and would lay the groundwork for modern global diplomacy. Their trailblazing work, first in the United States and then later in Russia and Canada that would forever change the power dynamics on the world stage.

Meticulously researched, The Rebel and The Peacemaker is the untold story of romance, scandal and the art of diplomacy.

By: Geraldine Roberts
Imprint: Hardie Grant Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781835986639
ISBN 10: 1835986633
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 30 June 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Geraldine Roberts is an author and a historian, specialising in the Regency era. Her work centres on the achievements of real women in this period, and on the dynamics within their marriages.