Author: Linda Colley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521313117
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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In this book Linda Colley explores the fate of the tory party which has dominated both Parliament and the constituencies throughout of the reigns of William III and Anne.
Author: Christopher Hill
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134941684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
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There is an immense range of books about the English Civil War, but one historian stands head and shoulders above all others for the quality of his work on the subject. In 1961 Christopher Hill first published what has come to be acknowledged as the best concise history of the period, Century of Revolution. Stimulating, vivid and provocative, his graphic depiction of the turbulent era examines ordinary English men and women as well as kings and queens.
Author: Robin Harris
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409032744
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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The history of the Conservative party has, extraordinarily, rarely been written in a single volume for the general reader. There are academic multi-volume accounts and a multitude of smaller books with limited historical scope. But now, Robin Harris, Margaret Thatcher's speechwriter and party insider, has produced this authoritative but lively history book which tells the whole story and fills a gaping hole in Britain's historiographical record. Taking as his starting point the larger than life personalities of the Conservative Party's leaders and prime ministers since its inception, Robin Harris's book also analyses the interconnected themes and issues which have dominated Conservative politics over the years. The careers of Peel, Disraeli, Salisbury, Baldwin, Chamberlain, Churchill, Eden, Macmillan, Heath, Thatcher, Major, Hague and Cameron together amount to an alternative history of Britain since the early nineteenth century. This landmark book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in history or politics, or anyone who has ever wondered how Britain came to be the nation it is today.
Author: Godfrey Davies
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Author: Keith Feiling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Author: Anthony Seldon
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752495232
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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The Conservative Party is Britain's most successful political party. For large parts of modern British history it has been the dominant party, though it has always suffered from internal division and periods of defeat. This colourful account of the Party's history since the late 18th century takes the reader on a voyage of discovery.
Author: Robert Blake
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571287603
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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There was no more appropriate person to write this book. Robert Blake was the doyen of Tory historians being most famous for his unsurpassed biography of Disraeli (to be reissued in Faber Finds). His history of the Conservative Party was first published in 1970. It then went as far as Churchill. A subsequent edition took it up to Thatcher and the final edition, the one being reissued by Faber Finds, to Major. For the span it covers, it remains the definitive one-volume history. 'His consummate insight into the whole of the political scene, and his power to communicate the enjoyment of it, makes this exciting reading for anyone remotely interested in British political and social history, or even in the English character.' Sunday Times 'This book is full of insights and enriched throughout by sparkling commentary' Evening Standard 'An up-to-date history of the Party was wanted. Mr Blake supplies it with lucidity, scholarship and serene worldliness' Guardian
Author: Kevin Sharpe
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520415035
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Author: Tim Harris
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317900383
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
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The first major study of party conflict in England over the later Stuart period from the reign of Charles II to its culmination under Anne. Tim Harris shows how the party configuration of subsequent British politics emerged in these crucial years. He deals not only with high politics and with the organisation of the new parties, but also with the ideological roots of party strife.
Author: John Miller
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317887182
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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First published in 1983, John Miller's Glorious Revolution established itself as the standard introduction to the subject. It examines the dramatic events themselves and demonstrates the profound impact the Revolution had on subsequent British history. The Second Edition contains a fuller discussion of Scotland and Ireland, the growth of a fiscal-military state and the role of religion and the Revolution.
