O. J. Wright is Senior Lecturer in European History at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He has previously held posts at Lancaster University, Kingston University, the University of Worcester, and Ulster University. He is the author of a range of journal articles published in European History Quarterly, The Historical Journal, Crime, History and Societies, the International History Review, and History: Journal of the Royal Historical Society.

1. Introduction.- 2. The Place of Italy in Victorian Foreign Policy, 1851-61.- 3. Watching Italy: The Liberal Triumvirate and the Fledgling Kingdom of Italy, 1861-62.- 4. Shaping Italy: British Efforts to Restrain Italy, 1862-66.- 5. Preserving Italy: The Conservatives and the Fragility of Italian Unity, 1866-68.- 6. Consolidating Italy: Great Britain and the Culmination of the Risorgimento, 1868-70.- 7. Conclusion.