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George III
Peter D. G. Thomas
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Paperback. George III was a high-profile character in British history around whom rages a perennial dispute over his aims: did he seek to restore royal power or merely exercise his constitutional rights? This chronological survey covers the first ten years of his reign of power politics and policy-making. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 345.
The eighteenth-century was long deemed 'the classical age of the constitution' in Britain, with cabinet government based on a two-party system of Whigs and Tories in Parliament, and a monarchy whose powers had been emasculated by the Glorious Revolution o. This study furthers the work of Sir Lewis Namier who argued in 1929 that no such party system existed, George III was not a cypher and that Parliament was an administration comprising of factions and opposition. George III was a high-profile and well-known character in British history whose policies have often been blamed for the loss of Britain's American colonies, ... Read more
The eighteenth-century was long deemed 'the classical age of the constitution' in Britain, with cabinet government based on a two-party system of Whigs and Tories in Parliament, and a monarchy whose powers had been emasculated by the Glorious Revolution o. This study furthers the work of Sir Lewis Namier who argued in 1929 that no such party system existed, George III was not a cypher and that Parliament was an administration comprising of factions and opposition. George III was a high-profile and well-known character in British history whose policies have often been blamed for the loss of Britain's American colonies, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719064296
SKU
V9780719064296
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About Peter D. G. Thomas
Peter D. G. Thomas is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth -- .
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