Sir Robert Peel: The Life and Legacy - Couverture rigide

Gaunt, Richard A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1848850352 ISBN 13 : 9781848850354

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2010

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Sir Robert Peel - paragon or pariah? Peel was the greatest statesman and political leader of mid-Victorian Britain, a titan of Conservative politics, whose legacy has inspired generations in his party and in British political life. In a career spanning forty years he held the greatest offices of state including Chief Secretary to Ireland, Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and was twice Prime Minister. He was the first acknowledged leader of the Conservative Party and the Founder of Modern Conservatism. Yet Peel's seemingly peerless reputation has never been secure. The Repeal of the Corn Laws split his party, his 'Peelite' supporters joined the Liberals and the Conservatives remained in opposition for thirty years. Richard Gaunt, drawing on a huge archive of state papers, contemporary writings including Peel's own Memoirs and the latest historiography, paints a convincing picture of Peel as an exponent of effective government in the modern industrial state and a calculating practitioner, supremely self-confident, who dominated both his Party and the House of Commons. Gaunt's revisionist life of Peel will be essential reading and the standard work for students and general readers interested in Conservative and mid-Victorian political history and historical biography.

Revue de presse :

'For anyone interested in a concise yet scholarly account of Sir Robert Peel s career, and in mid-nineteenth-century Conservative dilemmas over political reform, this short new study cannot be bettered' --Robert Carver, The Tablet

'[Gaunt] covers the whole of Peel s career and he summarises the sometimes technical debates with authority' --Eric J. Evans, History Today

'The writing is clear and historically sound, covering both Peel's career and the historiography of his reputation, and should appeal to a wide readership' --Professor David McLean, King's College, University of London

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1848850352
• ISBN 13: 9781848850354
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240