Nineteenth Century Premiers: Pitt to Rosebery
D. Leonard
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Description for Nineteenth Century Premiers: Pitt to Rosebery
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
555g
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230209855
SKU
V9780230209855
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99-15
About D. Leonard
Dick Leonard is an historian, journalist and author and a former Labour MP. For many years he was Assistant Editor of The Economist, and headed their office in Brussels, where he was later also correspondent of The Observer. He also worked for the BBC, and contributed regularly to leading newspapers across the world. His publications include The Economist Guide to ... Read more
Reviews for Nineteenth Century Premiers: Pitt to Rosebery
'Dick Leonard's Nineteenth Century Premiers is a tour de force - exciting to read, often funny, and full of penetrating insights as well as revealing and sometimes hilarious anecdotes. In each chapter, Leonard manages to weave the political activities and achievements of his subjects together with deft and sympathetic accounts of their private lives and personal characteristics. Taken together they ... Read more