John Bright : statesman, orator, agitator / by Bill Cash
London : I.B. Tauris, 2012. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed and inscribed by the author with additional author letter. Item #426417
ISBN: 9781848859968
Physical description; 369 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - The Unquiet Quaker: The Corn Laws outside Parliament -- Chapter 2 - The Corn Laws in Parliament: Harrying Peel -- Chapter 3 - Parliamentary Reform: Manchester and Birmingham -- Chapter 4 - The New Democracy: Converting Disraeli -- Chapter 5 - Lincoln and Bright: Fighting Against Slavery and For America -- Chapter 6 - Justice for India and the Empire: A Just Foreign Policy -- Chapter 7 - Oppression in Ireland and British Sovereignty -- Chapter 8 - Home Rule, Party Splits and the End. Subjects; Bright, John 1811-1889. Bright, John 1811-1889 politician. Quakers Great Britain ; Biography. Statesmen Great Britain ; Biography. Biography: historical, political & military. Biographies. Politicians. Politics. 1800-1899.
Price: €85.00