Rose Melikan

John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751-1838

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first modern biography of an important Lord Chancellor in Georgian political life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780521623957
• ISBN-10: 0521623952
• Artikelnr.: 29338551

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. A man of laws
2. An independent learned gentleman
3. A government retainer
4. Formal politics
5. Engagement
6. Setbacks
7. Resolution
8. Pater familias
9. Upright intentions
10. The king's man
11. The practice of patronage
12. Cut and thrust
13. A servant may serve two masters
14. Reform and revolution
15. The speaker speaks
16. Lord endless
17. Faithful defender
18. Twilight of the state
Bibliography: I. Manuscripts
II. Legal and parliamentary documents
III. Pamphlets
IV. Newspapers and periodicals
V. Biographies, memoirs, correspondence, diaries
VI. Secondary sources.