Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Hansard's Parliamentary Debates Hansard's Parliamentary Debates Great Britain. Parliament. Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. OL13089515W
A Very British Revolution A Very British Revolution Martin Bell The revelations over MPs' expenses that began in May 2009 ranged from petty thieving to outright fraud and sparked a crisis in confidence unprecedented in modern times. This was a 21st-century Peasan… OL15171340W
Literary authors, parliamentary reporters Literary authors, parliamentary reporters Nikki Hessell "Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt and Charles Dickens all worked as parliamentary reporters, but their experiences in the press gallery have not received much scrutiny. Nikki … OL16014490W
The long reign of Charles II The long reign of Charles II Annabel M. Patterson Charles II's first and most important parliament sat for eighteen years without a general election, earning itself the sobriquet "Long." In 1661 this parliament began in eager compliance with the new… OL17337206W
First Among Equals First Among Equals Jeffrey Archer Charles Seymour, second-born son, will never be the earl like his father, but he did inherit his mother's strength—and the will to realize his destiny... Simon Kerslake's father sacrificed everything… OL1807140W
Today's civil service Today's civil service Dermot J. T. Englefield xi, 174 pages : 24 cm OL18940902W
Assassins Assassins Jim Eldridge London, 1921. Prominent Cabinet minister Lord Amersham has been shot dead outside his Regents Park home, two bullets to the chest and one to the forehead. The killing bears the hallmarks of a profess… OL20040199W
History of Parliament History of Parliament Cambridge University Press " ... the official history of the British House of Commons, compiled by the leading scholars and containing full biographies of all members, constituency surveys, and introductory surveys by period"-… OL20989431W
Parliament Parliament Christopher Bryant "This first of two volumes takes us on a 500-year journey from Parliament's earliest days in the thirteenth century through the turbulent years of the Wars of the Roses and the upheavals of the Civil… OL23363812W
Who goes home? Who goes home? Robert Rogers "Who Goes Home? A Parliamentary Miscellany is a wonderful and authoritative collection of Parliamentary wit and insult; of bizarre and hilarious stories; of odd and surprising facts about Parliament;… OL23439850W
Perilous question Perilous question Antonia Fraser These events led to a total change in the way Britain was governed, a two year revolution that Antonia Fraser brings to vivid dramatic life. OL24156790W
Campaign 2001 Campaign 2001 Nicholas Jones viii, 340 p. ; 20 cm OL2416731W
The Houses of Parliament The Houses of Parliament Nigel Smith Focuses on the construction and design while also relating the history of England's Houses of Parliament. OL2647071W