Lord Melbourne, 1779-1848 / L.G. Mitchell
1997. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #441848
ISBN: 0198205929
Physical description: xviii, 349 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, portraits ; 24 cm. Contents: A Whig inheritance -- The Whig context -- A Whig education, 1779-1805 -- Marriage and catastrophe, 1805-1816 -- Marriage and nemesis, 1816-1828 -- Apprenticeship in Politics, 1806-1830 -- The home office, 1830-1834 -- Tories, radicals, Irishmen, a king, and Lord Grey, 1834-1841 -- Collapse from within, 1837-1841 -- Women and private life, 1828-1841 -- Victoria, 1837-1841 -- The last years, 1841-1848. Subjects: Melbourne, William Lamb Viscount 1779-1848. Whig Party (Great Britain) ; Biography. Liberal Party (Great Britain) ; Biography. Prime ministers Great Britain ; Biography. Great Britain Politics and government 19th century.
Price: €60.00