The growth of parliamentary parties 1689-1742

History

Hill, Brian W.

Europe

Allen& Unwin

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Very Good, A fine copy in deep burgundy cloth boards, gold gilt title on spine with a very good dustjacket. Sir Robert Walpole: 'Sole and Prime Minister'. xv, 234 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.. . Includes index. Bibliography: p. 221-226.. .

Sir Robert Walpole: Sole and prime minister

Literature & Fiction

Hamish Hamilton

Robert Harley (1661-1724) dominated English politics in the late seventeenth century and throughout the reign of Queen Anne, and his long parliamentary career spanned years during which British political institutions underwent crucial changes. As predecessor of Sir Robert Walpole, he was in effect a prime minister before the office was created, and he administered the country at a time of major conflict within Europe. However, Harley's style of politics was characterized by secrecy and mistrust, and this tended to overshadow serious assessment of his influence and achievements. This book by Brian W. Hill is the first biography of this significant figure.A pioneer of parliamentary government after the revolution of 1688, Harley became leader of the opposition and Speaker of the House of Commons, and he went on to hold the most important positions of state. Although he moved from one intrigue to another, he was able to stay in power until he was dismissed from office in 1714 by Queen Anne over the South Seas Company affair. His achievements during this period were significant: he turned the early Tories into an effective opposition to help forge a two-party parliamentary system; he persuaded William III to accept limitation of the Crown's powers by the Act of Settlement; and, through the Treaty of Utrecht, he helped to secure peace in Europe for half a century.Hill sets Harley's career firmly within the political and social context of contemporary religion, regionalism, dynastic conflict, and factionalism. His much-needed study is an important contribution to our understanding of a major figure in a complex and exciting period of British history.

Robert Harley: Speaker, Secretary of State and Premier Minister

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Yale University Press

The Early Parties and Politics in Britain, 1688-1832 (British Studies Series)

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

There has always been a tendency to view British politics before the 1832 reform act as though the parties in parliament were clumsy, embryo versions of the later Conservatives and Liberals - their every act interpreted as being either as further striving towards modernity or a relapse into more primitive patterns of behaviour. This can be helpful to students in disentangling some very complex factional material, but for much of the time the 19th and 20th century party labels simply do not make any sense at all in this earlier period. A good, clear account of what exactly was meant by 'party' and how the different parliamentary groupings evolved from the Restoration to the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars has long been needed, and Brian Hill, who has studied this issue for many years, has at last provided such an account.

The early parties and politics in Britain, 1688-1832 (British studies series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Macmillan

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