A resounding success: wide-ranging, deceptively deeply researched and often very droll. [.] Huge credit is due to the editors for mandating such a heavily illustrated text [.] and to Boydell for producing such a beautiful volume. [.] Overall, this wholly admirable book makes readily accessible a wealth of detail for specialists, a helpful range of digestible topics for students and ... Read morean intelligent guide for all those interested in a powerful institution during a period when it may have been at the peak of its political significance.
HISTORY
Honour, Interest and Power tells in lavish detail the story of the survival and revival of the House of Lords in the period from 1660 to 1714. It is published by the History of Parliament Trust, best known for its indispensable reference works on Members of Parliament. This volume is a welcome foray into attracting a general audience. The authors have used their immense knowledge of the period to bring the peerage alive. The book is sumptuous, richly illustrated with the works of the age's great portrait and landscape artists and no less with the authors' succinct depictions of its leading peers.
HISTORY TODAY
A dish of delights to dip into...With illustrations including prints, maps, book plates and portraits, events are well anchored in time and place.
COUNTRY LIFE, January 2011
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