Publisher's Synopsis
"Many, many years ago England's foremost statesman, as George Canning then was, distrust-ed by the multitude, feared by his colleagues, re-garded with suspicion by the First Gentleman of the Age-as it was the fashion to term George the Magnificent, who was then seated on the British throne-wearied of the strife and turmoil of par-ty, spent a short time at Seaforth House, bidding what he deemed his farewell to his Liverpool cor-respondents. His custom, we are told, was to sit for hours gazing on the wide expanse of waters before him. His had been a marvellous career. Born out of the circle of the ruling classes, by his indomitable energy, the greatness of his intellec-tual gifts, his brilliant eloquence, he had lifted himself up above his contemporaries, and had be-come their leader; and here he was about to quit the scene of his triumphs-to reign as Viceroy in a far-off land."
