Perilous Question

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 1610393317
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perilous Question written by Antonia Fraser and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a rotten political institution save itself? A story from English history has relevance for our own Congress...

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610393325
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perilous Question written by Antonia Fraser and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antonia Fraser's Perilous Question is a dazzling re-creation of the tempestuous two-year period in Britain's history leading up to the passing of the Great Reform Bill in 1832, a narrative which at times reads like a political thriller. The era, beginning with the accession of William IV, is evoked in the novels of Trollope and Thackeray, and described by the young Charles Dickens as a cub reporter. It is lit with notable characters. The reforming heroes are the Whig aristocrats led by Lord Grey, members of the richest and most landed cabinet in history yet determined to bring liberty, which would whittle away their own power, to the country. The all-too-conservative opposition was headed by the Duke of Wellington, supported by the intransigent Queen Adelaide, with hereditary memories of the French Revolution. Finally, there were revolutionaries, like William Cobbett, the author of Rural Rides, the radical tailor Francis Place, and Thomas Attwood of Birmingham, the charismatic orator. The contest often grew violent. There were urban riots put down by soldiers and agricultural riots led by the mythical Captain Swing. The underlying grievance was the fate of the many disfranchised people. They were ignored by a medieval system of electoral representation that gave, for example, no votes to those who lived in the new industrial cities of Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, and Birmingham, while allocating two parliamentary representatives to a village long since fallen into the sea and, most notoriously, Old Sarum, a green mound in a field. Lord John Russell, a Whig minister, said long afterwards that it was the only period when he genuinely felt popular revolution threatened the country. The Duke of Wellington declared intractably in November 1830 that “The beginning of reform is the beginning of revolution.” So it seemed that disaster must fall on the British Parliament, or the monarchy, or both. The question was: Could a rotten system reform itself in time? On June 7, 1832, the date of the extremely reluctant royal assent by William IV to the Great Reform Bill, it did. These events led to a total change in the way Britain was governed, and set the stage for its growth as the world's most successful industrial power; admired, among other things, for its traditions of good governance—a two-year revolution that Antonia Fraser brings to vivid dramatic life.

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781471246753
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perilous Question written by Antonia Fraser and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perilous Question features an eventful, violent often overlooked period of British history. On 7th June 1832, William IV reluctantly assented to pass the Great Reform Bill, under the double threat of the creation of 60 new peers in the House of Lords and of revolution throughout the country. This led to a total change in the way Britain was governed, a riotous two-year revolution that Antonia Fraser brings dramatically to life. Perilous Question is an exceptional work of narrative history, one that truly casts a distant mirror on events today.

Author : Michael Phillips
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441211357
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Perilous Proposal (Carolina Cousins Book #1) written by Michael Phillips and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two years have passed since the conclusion of the Shenandoah Sisters series, and Katie and Mayme are young women with big dreams, running Rosewood with the help of their two uncles and their friends Emma, Josepha, Jeremiah, and Henry. Jeremiah proposes to Mayme, but she is hesitant to accept. She loves him but does not want to give up her life at Rosewood. Local whites are furious at the Daniels brothers for harboring blacks at Rosewood and treating them like equals. The newly rising KKK kidnaps Jeremiah and plans to hang him. Will the brothers rescue him in time? Or will Mayme live to regret not saying yes to Jeremiah when she had the chance? Carolina Cousins Book 1

Author : Deanna Raybourn
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0451476158
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Perilous Undertaking written by Deanna Raybourn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visiting a ladies-only club for intrepid women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell is challenged to save a society art patron from execution.

Author : Barry Finlay
Publisher : Keep on Climbing
ISBN 13 : 9780993891052
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Perilous Question written by Barry Finlay and published by Keep on Climbing. This book was released on 2016-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple question from a teenage girl in Africa launches Marcie Kane into the dark world of human trafficking with terrifying consequences. Meanwhile, a good-looking FBI agent working the case threatens her cherished independence.

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780753829226
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perilous Question written by Antonia Fraser and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally bestselling historian Antonia Fraser's new book brilliantly evokes one year of pre-Victorian political and social history - the passing of the Great Reform Bill of 1832. For our inconclusive times, there is an attractive resonance with 1832, with its 'rotten boroughs' of Old Sarum and the disappearing village of Dunwich, and its lines of most resistance to reform. This book is character-driven - on the one hand, the reforming heroes are the Whig aristocrats Lord Grey, Lord Althorp and Lord John Russell, and the Irish orator Daniel O'Connell. They included members of the richest and most landed Cabinet in history, yet they were determined to bring liberty, which whittled away their own power, to the country. The all-too-conservative opposition comprised Lord Londonderry, the Duke of Wellington, the intransigent Duchess of Kent and the consort of the Tory King William IV, Queen Adelaide. Finally, there were 'revolutionaries' and reformers, like William Cobbett, the author of RURAL RIDES. This is a book that features one eventful year, much of it violent. There were riots in Bristol, Manchester and Nottingham, and wider themes of Irish and 'negro emancipation' underscore the narrative. The time-span of the book is from Wellington's intractable declaration in November 1830 that 'The beginning of reform is the beginning of revolution', to 7th June 1832, the date of the extremely reluctant royal assent by William IV to the Great Reform Bill, under the double threat of the creation of 60 new peers in the House of Lords and the threat of revolution throughout the country. These events led to a total change in the way Britain was governed, a two-year revolution that Antonia Fraser brings to vivid dramatic life.

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Clipper Audio
ISBN 13 : 9781471247477
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perilous Question written by Antonia Fraser and published by Clipper Audio. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perilous Question features an eventful, violent often overlooked period of British history. On 7th June 1832, William IV reluctantly assented to pass the Great Reform Bill, under the double threat of the creation of 60 new peers in the House of Lords and of revolution throughout the country. This led to a total change in the way Britain was governed, a riotous two-year revolution that Antonia Fraser brings dramatically to life. Perilous Question is an exceptional work of narrative history, one that truly casts a distant mirror on events today.

Author : Wendy Schunick
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781846423406
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Encounters - Avoiding Perilous Situations with Autism written by Wendy Schunick and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2002-05-27 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most emergency workers know very little about autism. This book explains what to look for and how to successfully handle encounters with people who have autism. It takes emergency responders and parents through everyday situations, stressing safety and awareness. This helps avoid the many problems that have and do arise when encountering autism in emergencies. In addition, this book is aimed at retailers and retail security, as people with autism can look extremely suspicious in shops. For instance, a person with autism may well start to rearrange CDs or books by color. This can leave a wrong impression on a retailer who hasn't encountered autism before and lead to the police being called. Both professionals and parents can work to prevent escalating situations. If given proper education, serious situations can be avoided when a person with autism is involved. This book contains practical appendices, such as emergency ID card instructions and how to make a travel communication safety book, as well as safety social stories that teach a person with autism how to act safely in emergency situations. It outlines a number of steps everyone can take and guidelines that can be followed. It is also a good training tool for emergency responders.

Author : Scott M. Matheson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674031616
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Presidential Constitutionalism in Perilous Times written by Scott M. Matheson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-16 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presidents have exercised extraordinary power to protect the nation in ways that raised serious constitutional concerns about individual liberties and separation of powers. Evaluating a variety of constitutional perspectives, Matheson achieves a deeper understanding of wartime presidential power.