Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Loyalty and identity Loyalty and identity Daniel Szechi,Murray Pittock "This collection of essays provides a series of fresh approaches to a fascinating subject: Jacobitism. The contributors focus on issues of identity and memory among Jacobites in Scotland, Ireland, En… OL16915970W
The Intellectual Life of Edmond Burke The Intellectual Life of Edmond Burke David Bromwich Edmond Burke's intellectual development from his early days through losing the seat for Bristol. OL17092662W
Edmund Burke Edmund Burke Frank O'Gorman First published in 1973, this title offers a concise and readable account of Burke's political philosophy. OL19844952W
Benjamin Franklin in London Benjamin Franklin in London George Goodwin xiii, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm OL21831145W
The making of the English working class The making of the English working class E. P. Thompson,E. P. Thompson Thompson turned history on its head by focusing on the political agency of the people, whom historians had treated as anonymous masses. OL2761522W
The long fuse The long fuse Don Cook "We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the time and the manner of yielding what it is impossible to keep," declared Queen Elizabeth II at the American Independence… OL3521437W
Politics in the age of Fox, Pitt, and Liverpool Politics in the age of Fox, Pitt, and Liverpool John W. Derry "For many people the late eighteenth century was a period of political corruption, with the political world waiting for the triumph of reform. In this study, now in a revised edition, John Derry show… OL4098168W
A Royal Affair A Royal Affair Stella Tillyard The acclaimed author of Aristocrats returns with a major new book that reveals the story of a regal family plagued by scandal and notoriety and trapped by duty, desire, and the protocols of royalty. … OL7921713W
Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce John Piper John Piper's succinct and superbly perceptive study of William Wilberforce deserves to become an acclaimed bestseller. It not only tells the story of a great man's life-it also tells us how to unders… OL8318820W