Sir Robert Walpole : sole and prime minister / Brian W. Hill
1989, 1st edition. London New York, NY, USA : H. Hamilton ; Penguin. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390910
ISBN: 0241127386
Physical description; 234 pp., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; The Minister, the milieu and the man -- Background and early career -- Young Parliamentarian -- Junior Minister -- The Tower, and return to the Commons -- A taste of power -- In opposition -- High office again -- Consolidation -- Enter George II, exit Townshend -- Alliances revised and tax reform attempted -- New problems and new opponents -- The end of an era -- Elder statesman. Subjects; Walpole, Robert Earl of Orford 1676-1745. Prime ministers Great Britain ; Biography. Politics and government. Great Britain History George I, 1714-1727. George II, 1727-1760.
Price: €14.95