Eighteenth Century British Premiers

Author : D. Leonard
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023030463X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eighteenth-Century British Premiers written by D. Leonard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following his earlier surveys of 19th and 20th Century British Prime Ministers, Dick Leonard turns his attention to their 18th Century predecessors, including such major figures as Robert Walpole, the Elder Pitt (Lord Chatham), Lord North and the Younger Pitt.

Author : Richard Lawrence Leonard
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eighteenth-Century British Premiers written by Richard Lawrence Leonard and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author surveys such major figures as Robert Walpole, the Elder Pitt (Lord Chatham), Lord North and the Younger Pitt. In a series of 14 biographical essays, he recounts the principal events of their political careers, the circumstances which brought them to the top of 'the greasy pole,' assesses their performance as Prime Ministers, and asks what lasting influence they have had.

Author : D. Leonard
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230227252
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nineteenth Century Premiers written by D. Leonard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-07-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following A Century of Premiers: Salisbury to Blair, Leonard turns his attention to their 19th Century predecessors. In a series of 20 biographical essays, he recounts the principal events of their political careers, assesses their performance as Prime Ministers, and asks what lasting influence they have had.

Author : D. Leonard
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230511503
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Century of Premiers written by D. Leonard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-12-07 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the course of the Twentieth Century, nineteen men and one woman - from Robert Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury to Tony Blair - have occupied the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Author : Dick Leonard
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781137574381
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of British Prime Ministers (Omnibus Edition) written by Dick Leonard and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-two men and one woman have held the post of Prime Minister during the past three centuries - from Sir Robert Walpole to David Cameron. In this omnibus edition, which includes Eighteenth-Century British Premiers, Nineteenth-Century British Premiers, A Century of Premiers, plus new and updated chapters on Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron, Dick Leonard recounts the circumstances which took them to the top of the ‘greasy pole’, probes their political and personal strengths and weaknesses, assesses their performance in office and asks what lasting influence they have had. The author also recounts fascinating and often littleknown facts about the private lives of each of the Prime Ministers, for example who was suspected of being the illegitimate half-brother of George III, who was assassinated in the House of Commons, who spent his evenings prowling the streets of London, trying to ‘reform’ prostitutes, which two premiers, one Tory one Labour, were taught by the same governess as a child, and who was described by his own son as ‘probably the greatest natural Don Juan in the history of British politics’?

Author : Dick Leonard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000178099
Total Pages : 635 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries written by Dick Leonard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dick Leonard’s British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries surveys the lives and careers of all the 32 Prime Ministers from Sir Robert Walpole (1721–42) to Archibald Philip Primrose, fifth Earl of Rosebery (1894–95), in 32 succinct, informative and entertaining chapters. Bringing to life the political achievements and personal idiosyncrasies of Britain's rulers over the 18th and 19th centuries, the author recounts the circumstances which took them to the pinnacle of British political life, probes their political and personal strengths and weaknesses, assesses their performance in office and asks what lasting influence they have had. Along the way Leonard entertains and informs, revealing little-known facts about the private lives of each of the Prime Ministers, such as who was suspected to be an illegitimate half-brother of George III, who was assassinated in the House of Commons, and who spent his evenings prowling the streets of London, trying to "reform" prostitutes. This book can also form part of a two-volume set published by Routledge including the companion volume Modern British Prime Ministers from Balfour to Johnson. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and readers of British political history, the Executive, government and British politics.

Author : Paul Langford
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780192853998
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction written by Paul Langford and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2000-08-10 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, this book spans from the aftermath of the Revolution of 1688 to Pitt the Younger's defeat at attempted parliamentary reform.

Author : Christopher Harvie
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0192853988
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction written by Christopher Harvie and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2000-08-10 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half Celtic. By 1914, when it faced its greatest test since the defeat of Napoleon, it was largely urban and English. Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew show the forces behind Britain's rise to its imperial zenith, and the continuing tensions within the nations and classes of the 'union state'. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Eustace Budgell
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781379762997
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Prime Ministers in Great Britain written by Eustace Budgell and published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T006267 Anonymous. By Eustace Budgell. "Pr. 6d." after the imprint. London: printed by H. Haines, at Mr. Francklin's, 1733. 31, [1]p.; 8°

Author : L. M. Bickerton
Publisher : ACC Distribution
ISBN 13 : 9781851493449
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses written by L. M. Bickerton and published by ACC Distribution. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of English Furniture by Ralph Edwards (1954 Revised Edition) is the most authoritative general work on English antique furniture ever published. The first edition of this work was published 1924-27. It was instantly recognised as the primary reference on the evolution of English furniture from the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian period. It was consistently in demand and soon went out of print. The Second Edition, published in 1954, was entirely revised and enlargedby one of the two original collaborators, Ralph Edwards, who at that time was Keeper of the Department of Woodwork at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He was an outstanding authority, well placed to produce such a mammoth revision. The Dictionary is, within its chronological limits, a comprehensive survey of the whole wide field of English domestic furniture. Later research has added details but the basic body of knowledge remains unchallenged. It remains the standard book referred to in all sale catalogues. In three volumes, now available in three different bindings 43 colour & 2690 b/w illustrations